Hi, my name is Guilherme Suzuki, and I am the software developer behind the Origami blog engine. A blog developed with the latest techs from the microsoft stack (.NET 10 + SQL server 2025 database).

If you feel like taking a shot with this amazing piece of software, please hit the download button right at the logo, choose the version you see fit (maybe the latest) and head to the installation tutorials.

If you are looking for an immediate replacement for Wordpress, this might not be your place (Wordpress is a beast itself and I won't be talking about it).

To have a glimpse at the source-code, you can hit the go to repository button also at the logo.

Right out of the bat, we need to talk about latency

Because of the way the application was developed, taking advantage of the Blazor server, you need to be concerned about latency. If you plan to host your website far away from your user base geographically, you will suffer from high latency and the website might feel unresponsive for you and other people. Have that information in mind... for example: if you wanna work your blog to brazillian people, arrange your hosting to be as close as possible to that people. Unfortunately, Origami doesn't support a single point of repository for files, like Minio and others, so bear with us if you want take the global route as your user base.

Explanation: blazor server applications create a live link between the browser accessing the URL and the server hosting the application itself, so every interaction hits and comes back from the hosting server. So that's the why.

Let's talk about main features

Origami is a blog:

• That runs on linux and windows
• Multi-user
• Multi-blog
• Markdown support for dynamic content
• People can comment on posts and videos with their social media, kinda like on YouTube;
• People can react to posts, videos and comments, kinda like on Slack;
• Quick notes;
• Tag/category support;
• You can customize permissions for each user, so you can have different roles like admin, editor, author, etc;
• Seq and Open Telemetry support;
• Dynamic rendering;
• RSS feeds;

Hardware specifications

In order to run Origami safely, you will need:

• 4 CPU cores/vcores;
• 4 GB of RAM;
• 32 GB of storage (it varies depending on how many videos you plan to have in your blogs).

And actually recommend:

• 6 CPU cores/vcores;
• 8 GB of RAM;
• 64 GB of storage (again, it varies depending on the videos you have stored in your blogs).

Don't be a complete padawan on the subject

Because we just got started, we do lack documentation on some aspects of the solution. I am working on these documents/tutorials in my free-time and by myself. I just don't expect you to be a padawan on how to run a couple of .NET 10 applications that work a SQL server database. Ask Gemini/chatGPT, they will be your friends along this journey.

I hope you enjoyed this little introduction to Origami and happy blogging!