Desktop Blogging Software, The Ultimate List. Linux included!!!

Desktop Blogging Software, The Ultimate List

By hongkiat | Tools

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If you are unfamiliar with the term Desktop blogging software, think of it as a tool to blog with application instead of logging into your Blogger or WordPress. In fact, a lot of bloggers and probloggers has been using them for quite a while and there’s tonnes of reason why they love it. These software allows one to manage multiple blogs of multiple platforms, write articles on the fly, as well as perform functions like those you can do on admin page. And because it is a desktop client, you don’t wait for pages to load.

Here’s a collection of 20 desktop blogging applications that we’ve come to know of. Have a look, try some out. Who knows, you might like to blog from desktop after all. Full list after jump.

BlogJet

• Platform: Windows only
• Price: Free trial / €29.95
• Supports: WordPress, TypePad, Movable Type, Blogger, MSN Live Spaces, Blogware, BlogHarbor, Squarespace, Drupal, Community Server, etc.
• Website | Download

Deepest Sender

• Platform: Firefox, SeaMoney, XULRunner
• Price: Free
• Supports: LiveJournal, Blogger, WordPress, MSN Live Spaces, meta Weblog
• Website | Download

Flock Browser

• Platform: Windows, Mac, Linux
• Price: Free
• Supports: Blogger, Blogsome, LiveJournal, WordPress, Xanga, Moveable Type
• Website | Download

Windows Live Writer

• Platform: Windows (XP or Vista)
• Price: Free
• Supports: Windows Live Spaces, Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad, WordPress Type
• Website | Download

Ecto

• Platform: Windows, Mac
• Price: Free Trial / $17.95
• Supports: Blogger, Blojsom, Drupal, MovableType, Nucleus, SquareSpace, TypePad, WordPress, and more
• Website | Download

Bleezer

• Platform: Windows, Mac, Linux
• Price: Free
• Supports: Blogger, Blojsom, Drupal, MovableType, Nucleus, SquareSpace, TypePad, WordPress, and more
• Website | Download

BlogTK

• Platform: Linux
• Price: Free
• Supports: Blogger, Movable Type, WordPress
• Website | Download

Drivel Journal Editor

• Platform: Linux
• Price: Free
• Supports: LiveJournal, Blogger, MovableType, Advogato, WordPress, Drupal
• Website | Download

Gnome Blog

• Platform: Linux
• Price: Free
• Supports: Blogger, Advogato, Movable Type, WordPress, LiveJournal, Pyblosxom
• Website | Download

Newz Crawler

• Platform: Windows
• Price: Free Trial / $24.95
• Supports: Blogger, Metaweblog, MovableType or LiveJournal API supporting website
• Website | Download

Performancing ScribeFire

• Platform: Firefox
• Price: Free
• Supports: WordPress, Blogger, Drupal, TypePad, LiveJournal, Windows Live Spaces and more.
• Website | Download

MarsEdit

• Platform: Mac
• Price: Free Trial / $29.95
• Supports: WordPress, Blogger, TypePad, Movable Type, LiveJournal, Drupal, and Vox and more.
• Website | Download

ThingamaBlog

• Platform: Windows, Mac, Linux
• Price: Free
• Supports: LiveJournal, Blogger, MovableType, Advogato, WordPress, Drupal
• Website | Download

w.Bloggar

• Platform: Firefox, Internet Explorer
• Price: Free
• Supports:WordPress, MovableType, TypePad, Drupal, b2evolution, Nucleus CMS, Squarespace, Community Server, BlogEngine.NET
• Website | Download

RocketPost2

• Platform: Windows
• Price: Free Trial / $49
• Supports:Blogger, Movable Type, WordPress, TypePad, MSN Spaces, BlogHarbor, Drupal, dasBlog, .Text and SquareSpace
• Website | Download

BlogDesk

• Platform: Windows
• Price: Free
• Supports:WordPress, MovableType, Drupal, Serendipity and ExpressionEngine
• Website | Download

Post2Blog

• Platform: Windows
• Price: Free Trial / $14.95
• Supports:WordPress, MovableType, Blogger, Tyepad
• Website | Download

Qumana

• Platform: Windows, Mac
• Price: Free Trial / $14.95
• Supports:Angelfire, Blogger/Blogspot, BlogHarbor, Blogware, Bryght, DiaryLand, Drupal, LiveJournal, MovableType, MSN Spaces, Tripod, TypePad, Roller, SquareSpace, WordPress.com, WordPress.org
• Website | Download

Zoundry Raven

• Platform: Windows
• Price: Free
• Supports:Blogger, Movable Type & TypePad, Windows Live Spaces, WordPress, and more
• Website | Download

WB Editor

• Platform: Windows
• Price: Free Trial / $29.99
• Supports:WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, MSN Spaces, Drupal
• Website | Download