WriteFreely is beloved for its minimalism. However, fostering a community often requires a feedback loop. The challenge is adding comments without shattering that clean, distraction-free aesthetic.
I currently run a Coolify instance on my VPS and recently decided to host a lightweight blogging platform. I managed to deploy WriteFreely using the open-source algernon/writefreely Docker image. While the initial deployment was straightforward, configuring the storage and database correctly required some specific steps. Here is a walkthrough of how I achieved a stable setup.