Amethyst is an open source, ruby on rails based blog application. It is customizable, user-friendly, and very simple to use. Whether your like to write technical articles, personal babblings, or any sort of notable thought, Amethyst can organize it for you!

 Customizable Themes(coming soon)
 Protected admin area to manage your blog securely
 Tagging Support
 Post Archivhing
 Easy to use TinyMCE WYSIWYG editor, no HTML experience necessary!
 Image Uploads for posting/storing images in your blog
 Built In Rss Generator so everyone can view your latest posts

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  • Rails
  • Tinymce

License

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Admin Area   Viewing Posts

Help & Faqs

 How do I install Amethyst?
The best way to install Amethyst and figure out how it works is to open the INSTALL file included with the download. It will tell you everything about how to get it up and running... and how to use it! Also, check out the README file, it has some good info in it as well. If you need any help, check out our forum, or ask us!

Development


Do you like Amethyst, but you think it's missing a little something? We're open to suggestions! In our Development center, you can monitor the progress of the next release of Amethyst, recommend new features, report bugs, and you can even download any release of Amethyst if you want to work on your own version.

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Themes

More themes coming soon!

Submit A Theme

If you created your a theme for Amethyst, let us know about it and we'll list it here!
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Admin Username: admin
Admin Password: admin

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