# IndieWeb

The IndieWeb is a people-focused alternative to the corporate web centered on independent personal websites, open standards, and decentralized publishing.

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## My IndieWeb Journey: A Guide to POSSE on a Hugo Static Site

DevFeed: [My IndieWeb Journey: A Guide to POSSE on a Hugo Static Site](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/my-indieweb-journey-a-guide-to-posse-on-a-hugo-static-site-27742.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://gagor.pro/2026/01/my-indieweb-journey-a-guide-to-posse-on-a-hugo-static-site/>)

Author: Tom

Published: 2026-01-27T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Tomasz Gągor](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tomasz-gagor.md>)

Topics: [IndieWeb](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/indieweb.md>), [Hugo](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hugo.md>), [Microformats](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microformats.md>), [Giscus](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/giscus.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

Tags: [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [brid-gy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/brid-gy.md>), [building](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/building.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [github-action](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-action.md>), [guide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guide.md>), [hugo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hugo.md>), [indieweb](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/indieweb.md>), [journey](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/journey.md>), [microformats](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microformats.md>), [papermod](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/papermod.md>), [posse](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/posse.md>), [static-site](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/static-site.md>), [syndication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/syndication.md>), [web-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-development.md>), [webmentions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/webmentions.md>)

### AI overview

A personal guide to applying IndieWeb principles to a Hugo blog through POSSE syndication. It describes cross-posting articles to social networks with a custom GitHub Action, discusses the limitations of comment systems such as Giscus, and emphasizes publishing on an owned site before syndicating elsewhere.

### Source excerpt

My journey of integrating IndieWeb principles into my Hugo blog-from microformats to Brid.gy syndication and building a custom Webmention renderer.

## How This Blog Does IndieWeb

DevFeed: [How This Blog Does IndieWeb](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-this-blog-does-indieweb-40488.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.jeremykun.com/2024/10/30/how-this-blog-does-indieweb/>)

Published: 2024-10-31T05:22:12Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Jeremy Kun](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jeremy-kun.md>)

Topics: [IndieWeb](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/indieweb.md>), [Hugo](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hugo.md>), [static-site-generator](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/static-site-generator.md>), [GitHub Actions](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github-actions.md>), [Netlify](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/netlify.md>), [WordPress](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/wordpress.md>)

Tags: [article](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/article.md>), [github-actions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-actions.md>), [hugo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hugo.md>), [indieweb](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/indieweb.md>), [netlify](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/netlify.md>), [posse](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/posse.md>)

### AI overview

A technical walkthrough of how the author migrated a blog from WordPress to Hugo and implemented IndieWeb features. It covers static-site deployment with Netlify, GitHub Actions automation, shortform social syndication, and related integrations.

### Source excerpt

This article will explain how the blog is organized at a technical level, and show how I implemented various IndieWeb features. Table of Contents: Motivation Structure and Deployment Static search index Running scripts via GitHub Actions Social media syndication and the "shortform" section Links to syndicated versions at the end of each post Warning for a too-long first paragraph Triggering this workflow automatically after deployment Blogroll (the "What I'm Reading" page) Chrome extension Webmentions and referencing external discussion threads Bridgy Hacker News backlinks Outgoing webmentions DOIs Dead link checker Motivation Earlier this year I migrated this blog off Wordpress to the Hugo static site generator.