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Bludit vs Typemill

A side-by-side comparison of Bludit and Typemill — pricing, license, deployment, and where each tool wins.

Bludit
bludit.com

- Build a site or blog in seconds. Bludit uses flat-files (text files in JSON format) to store posts and pages.

Typemill
typemill.net

Author-friendly flat-file-cms with a visual markdown editor based on vue.js.

FeatureBluditTypemill
PricingFreeFree
ModelOpen-sourceOpen-source
LicenseCC-BY-SA-3.0CC-BY-SA-3.0
DeploymentSelf-hostedSelf-hosted
CategoryContent Management Systems (CMS)Content Management Systems (CMS)
Self-hosted✓Yes✓Yes
Free tier✓Yes✓Yes

Pick Bludit if…

  • ✓Broader tag coverage in our catalog (proxy for feature breadth).

Pick Typemill if…

  • ✓You prefer Typemill's feature set or ecosystem fit.

Switch from Bludit → Typemill

16–80hhigh risk

Treat as a project — 16-80 engineering hours plus user training and parallel-run period.

Export from Bludit: XML, JSON, Database dump
3 things to watch
  • ⚠URL preservation = SEO survival
  • ⚠Re-render templates
  • ⚠Media file paths

Switch from Typemill → Bludit

16–80hhigh risk

Treat as a project — 16-80 engineering hours plus user training and parallel-run period.

Export from Typemill: XML, JSON, Database dump
3 things to watch
  • ⚠URL preservation = SEO survival
  • ⚠Re-render templates
  • ⚠Media file paths