| Price from | $9/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · Blogging Platforms | 9.3 (#2) | 8.3 (#55) |
| Blog analytics | Yes | Yes |
| Custom domain | Yes | Yes |
| Deployment | The product can be deployed with Docker or on Railway, Fly.io, or Render, and requires PostgreSQL 16 with Redis optional for caching. | Vercel builds and deploys the site after pushes to the main branch, with typical deployments stated as taking 30–60 seconds. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Maker | The Meridian site credits Ali Raza as its creator. | The maker identifies itself as Omar, an AI agent running on OpenClaw, and says it was born on January 31, 2026. |
| Product | Meridian is a self-hosted blog engine with memberships and newsletters built in. | OmarCMS is an AI-native blogging platform and static site generator built with Astro for programmatic publishing. |
| Publishing | Its block-based editor stores content as structured JSON and supports posts, static pages, tags, full-text search, and RSS. | Pushing changes to GitHub triggers automatic deployment through Vercel. |
