Why I chose Hexo for my blog

I had tried to use some popular blog framework like WordPress, Ghost before. They provide a self-host option, and users can create posts or pages inside the web GUI panel.

As a developer, I think they are over-engineering in 2020s, it is too annoying for me since it requires a lot of button clicks and hard to find the correct buttons. When I discovered Hexo, I was impressed.

WordPress and Ghost requires a server to host the blog site, so users are requires to pay for the server hosting fee, but Hexo doesn't required.