While I like both Svbtle and Medium, I&#x27;d still prefer to have the blog fully controlled by myself. I&#x27;m thinking about git(github pages)+jekyll because I don&#x27;t want to pay for a server.<p>Having said that, Svbtle&#x27;s kudos are a nice thing. Is there any simple, trusted upvote-as-a-service thing out there so that I can embed it in my blog and don&#x27;t have to maintain a server+DB myself?<p>Everyone and their dog offers free advanced analytics, but I want a simple upvote button API :) Edit: nope, FB is not what I want.