WordPress hosting costs $7–$30+/month. Add security plugins, backup plugins, caching plugins. Then a plugin update breaks your site. Thooval publishes clean static HTML to GitHub Pages for free no server, no plugins, no maintenance.
macOS 12+ · Free and open source · No subscriptions
| Feature | WordPress | Thooval |
|---|---|---|
| Hosting cost | $7–$30+/month | $0 forever (GitHub Pages) |
| Plugin maintenance | Constant updates, conflicts | None no plugins needed |
| Security vulnerabilities | High PHP, DB, plugins exposed | Zero static HTML has no attack surface |
| Page load speed | Slow PHP + DB on every request | Instant pre-built static HTML |
| App license cost | Free (WordPress is open-source) | Free and open source |
| Pricing model | Hosting and optional plugin subscriptions | Free and open source |
| Setup time | 1–3 hours (hosting, DNS, WP config) | Under 5 minutes |
| Content format | MySQL database | Local .md files on your Mac |
| Offline writing | Requires server connection | Fully offline |
| Comments | Akismet (paid for commercial) | Giscus free via GitHub |
Shared hosting starts at $7/month but renewals are often 2–3× the intro price. Move to a managed WordPress host and you're paying $25–$50/month.
Yoast SEO Pro, WP Rocket, Akismet, backup plugins each bills annually. A basic "professional" setup easily adds $100+/year in plugin fees.
WordPress is the most hacked CMS on the internet. One outdated plugin and your blog gets injected with spam. Static sites hosted on GitHub are unhackable by design.
WordPress generates pages dynamically on every visit. Even with caching plugins, a static HTML blog on GitHub Pages will load faster always, at zero cost.
WordPress core, themes, and plugins need constant updates. Every major WP release risks plugin incompatibility. Thooval has zero maintenance burden.
Thooval's live Markdown editor is as easy as WordPress's block editor but your posts are plaintext files on your Mac, not rows in a remote database.
Thooval publishes clean static HTML to GitHub Pages free hosting, zero maintenance, instant page loads. Try it for 7 days.
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