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A Java-based, full-featured, multi-blog, multi-user software package that was inspired by blosxom. blojsom aims to retain a simplicity in design while adding flexibility in areas such as the flavors, templating, plugins, and the ability to run multiple blogs with a single blojsom installation.

blojsom was the software behind Apple's Mac OS X Tiger Server Weblog Server.

Current release: blojsom 3.5-SNAPSHOT.

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Wondering what blojsom can do? Here's a short list of features and capabilities.

New users should download the blojsom Quickrstart WAR. This is a packaged version of blojsom that you can download, deploy, and have running in no time.

After downloading blojsom, follow the installation instructions.

blojsom comes with a number of plugins that extend the capabilities of blojsom. There is also a set of plugins for web administration so that you can manage your blojsom installation from your browser. We've also collected a number of external contributions from users.

Although blojsom allows you to edit your blog from the web, you can also edit your blog using a blog client. blojsom supports XML-RPC with handlers for the Blogger API, MetaWeblog API, and parts of the MovableType API. It also has support for the emerging Atom format and API.

If you're a developer that wants to dig into the blojsom source code, you'll find the Javadocs useful. In addition, you can find information on blojsom's plugin API and its event and listener API. Plugins allow you to extend the capabilities of blojsom in a well-defined way, while the event and listener API allows you to write components for blojsom that publish and respond to events from other blojsom components. blojsom is licensed using the BSD license.

You might also check our frequently asked questions page. If you've found a bug in blojsom, visit the bug tracking site and report the issue.

Finally, see what individuals and organizations are using blojsom by checking out our "Powered by" sites page.

blojsom: Java blog software