NanoBlogger

NanoBlogger Publisher's Description:
pros:

* intuitive commandline interface
* highly configurable and script-able :)
* easy drafting, editing, and management of entries
* archiving by category, year, month, and entry
* pagination
* permanent and navigational links
* templates and CSS style sheets for full control over layout
* placeholders for easy template manipulation
* support for multiple weblogs
* support for multiple categories
* support for relative and absolute links
* support for date manipulation of entries
* Atom syndication (comes with 1.0 format)
* RSS syndication (comes with RSS 1.0 and 2.0 formats)
* plugins for calendar, recent entries, weblog status, etc.
* plugins for text formatting (e.g. line breaks translate to HTML)
* global (nb.conf) and per-weblog (blog.conf) configuration
* intelligent build system - only updates relative files
* simple cache system for improved effeciency
* independent of java-script and server-side scripting (e.g. PHP)
* independent of external database (stores data in flat-files)
* multi-language support
* multi-platform portability (just bash and the required commands)

cons:

* slow (written in bash)
* codebase is large and complex
* no comments (only available as add-on)
* not easily upgradable

What's new in this version:

* Friendlier (title based) links
* Support for user plugins
* Upgrade instructions (see README)
* Support for both normal and reverse chronological order
* New and improved style sheets and templates
* Fine tuned code for speed and efficiency (where possible)
* Enhanced plugin framework
* Atom 1.0 feeds
* Category based feeds
* Archive by year, month, and day
* Modularized script of main weblog engine
* Text formatting plugins
* Draft support
* Navigational links (previous and next)
* Manipulate date of entry
* Support for multiple languages
* Standardized metadata format for import/export
* New and interchangeable command line options