Why I created a blogging platform
I am Kashif, maker of lykhari.
I build software for a living. I've been trying to blog for more than 15 years. I still do.
I started with Blogger, then switched to WordPress and then to Ghost.
Blogger had a very limited, archaic set of features. the platform never evolved. WordPress is a bloated mess and you can't get many things right easily. I loved Ghost the most. I wrote about migration from WordPress to Ghost. Ghost offered a lot out of the box. Good editor, good SEO options, performance, and ability to build a mailing list. It came with a $11/month price tag for starters. Which is a let down.
I've always wanted to build my own blogging platform and the more platforms I tried, the more convinced I am. I tried Medium and Substack as well. Here is why one shouldn't start Medium and Substack blogs either.
After much thought, I built Lykhari (Lykhari means writer). It is an antidote to complexity. It is simple. You can get started in less than one minute. It gets out of your way unlike Wordpress. It doesn't bogs you down with endless configurations. Blogging is about writing and publishing. Lykhari is all about that.
If you write and need a simple blogging platform that's here to stay and works for you, try https://lykhari.com. It's free to start and cheapest blogging platform out there for the features it has.
You can try Lykhari's editor here without signing in: https://lykhari.com/writer
I can assure you a few things. Lykhari is here to live. It is profitable, bootstrapped, and customer funded. It's a small business that can listen to the customer and it will stay lean.