One of the biggest headaches for a new blogger is figuring out how to be productive without sitting in a chair more than eight hours a day. The most popular blogging platforms, including Blogger and Wordpress, use a control panel that includes a WYSIWYG (What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get) editor, but it’s slow, and hard to work with. A much better alternative is to use Desktop Blogging Client software. These are programs you install on your desktop/home/office computer and blog remotely. You prepare the post with your software, then submit it to the blog from your desktop to the remote server.

The Nerd has prepared a list of the top 20 Desktop Blog Client software here. The Nerd’s two free favorites are Post2Blog, which is great, but is no longer developed or supported, and Windows Live Writer, which makes use of some great plugins to extend its functionality. Special mention goes to Microsoft Word 2007, which did not make the list, but is still a great Desktop Blog editor alternative. Click here to read more about using Word 2007 to blog.

1. BlogJet

   

   • Platform: Windows only
   • Price: Free trial / €29.95
   • Supports: WordPress, TypePad, Movable Type, Blogger, MSN Live Spaces, Blogware, BlogHarbor, Squarespace, Drupal, Community Server, etc.
   • Website | Download

   Deepest Sender

   

   • Platform: Firefox, SeaMoney, XULRunner
   • Price: Free
   • Supports: LiveJournal, Blogger, Wordpress, MSN Live Spaces, meta Weblog
   • Website | Download

   Flock Browser

   

   • Platform: Windows, Mac, Linux
   • Price: Free
   • Supports: Blogger, Blogsome, LiveJournal, Wordpress, Xanga, Moveable Type
   • Website | Download

   Windows Live Writer

   

   • Platform: Windows (XP or Vista)
   • Price: Free
   • Supports: Windows Live Spaces, Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad, WordPress Type
   • Website | Download

   Ecto

   

   • Platform: Windows, Mac
   • Price: Free Trial / $17.95
   • Supports: Blogger, Blojsom, Drupal, MovableType, Nucleus, SquareSpace, TypePad, WordPress, and more
   • Website | Download

   Bleezer

   

   • Platform: Windows, Mac, Linux
   • Price: Free
   • Supports: Blogger, Blojsom, Drupal, MovableType, Nucleus, SquareSpace, TypePad, WordPress, and more
   • Website | Download

   BlogTK

   

   • Platform: Linux
   • Price: Free
   • Supports: Blogger, Movable Type, Wordpress
   • Website | Download

   Drivel Journal Editor

   

   • Platform: Linux
   • Price: Free
   • Supports: LiveJournal, Blogger, MovableType, Advogato, Wordpress, Drupal
   • Website | Download

   Gnome Blog

   

   • Platform: Linux
   • Price: Free
   • Supports: Blogger, Advogato, Movable Type, Wordpress, LiveJournal, Pyblosxom
   • Website | Download

   Newz Crawler (RSS/Atom Feed Reader and Blog Client)

   

   • Platform: Windows
   • Price: Free Trial / $24.95
   • Supports: Blogger, Metaweblog, MovableType or LiveJournal API supporting website
   • Website | Download

   Performancing ScribeFire

   

   • Platform: Firefox
   • Price: Free
   • Supports: WordPress, Blogger, Drupal, TypePad, LiveJournal, Windows Live Spaces and more.
   • Website | Download

   MarsEdit

   

   • Platform: Mac
   • Price: Free Trial / $29.95
   • Supports: WordPress, Blogger, TypePad, Movable Type, LiveJournal, Drupal, and Vox and more.
   • Website | Download

   ThingamaBlog

   

   • Platform: Windows, Mac, Linux
   • Price: Free
   • Supports: LiveJournal, Blogger, MovableType, Advogato, Wordpress, Drupal
   • Website | Download

   w.Bloggar

   

   • Platform: Firefox, Internet Explorer
   • Price: Free
   • Supports:Wordpress, MovableType, TypePad, Drupal, b2evolution, Nucleus CMS, Squarespace, Community Server, BlogEngine.NET
   • Website | Download

   RocketPost2

   

   • Platform: Windows
   • Price: Free Trial / $49
   • Supports:Blogger, Movable Type, WordPress, TypePad, MSN Spaces, BlogHarbor, Drupal, dasBlog, .Text and SquareSpace
   • Website | Download

   BlogDesk

   

   • Platform: Windows
   • Price: Free
   • Supports:WordPress, MovableType, Drupal, Serendipity and ExpressionEngine
   • Website | Download

   Post2Blog

   

   • Platform: Windows
   • Price: Free Trial / $14.95
   • Supports:WordPress, MovableType, Blogger, Tyepad
   • Website | Download

   Qumana

   

   • Platform: Windows, Mac
   • Price: Free Trial / $14.95
   • Supports:Angelfire, Blogger/Blogspot, BlogHarbor, Blogware, Bryght, DiaryLand, Drupal, LiveJournal, MovableType, MSN Spaces, Tripod, TypePad, Roller, SquareSpace, Wordpress.com, Wordpress.org
   • Website | Download

   Zoundry Raven

   

   • Platform: Windows
   • Price: Free
   • Supports:Blogger, Movable Type & TypePad, Windows Live Spaces, WordPress, and more
   • Website | Download

   WB Editor

   

   • Platform: Windows
   • Price: Free Trial / $29.99
   • Supports:Wordpress, Movable Type, Blogger, MSN Spaces, Drupal
   • Website | Download