Top Alternatives to LiveJournal

WordPress is an open source content management solution based on PHP maintained by Automattic which is also being offered as hosted solution.

Tumblr is a microblogging and social networking website.

Blogger is a blog-publishing service that allows multi-user blogs with time-stamped entries.

Ghost is an open source publishing platform which is beautifully designed, easy to use, and free for everyone.

Known is a publishing platform that allows its users to share their stories online.

Redaxscript is a modern, ultra lightweight and rocket fast Content Management System.

Hubzilla is a powerful platform for creating interconnected websites featuring a decentralized identity, communications, and permissions framework.

Web Start Today is a premium Do-It-Yourself (DIY) website builder.

ExpressionEngine is a flexible, feature-rich content management platform.

Octopress is an obsessively designed toolkit for writing and deploying Jekyll blogs.

Chyrp is a ultra-lightweight ultra-flexible blogging engine with a fetish for birds and misspellings.

Write.as is a focused publishing platform.

postach.io turns an Evernote notebook into a blog or website.

Craft CMS is a content management system for developers, designers, and web professionals that blends flexibility, power, and ease of use for clients.

blogstrap.py is a simple Blog using web.py and bootstrap3.

Umbraco is an open source content management system (CMS) platform.