A personal site
An about page, a now page, photo galleries and an archive of everything you've written. As many pages as you like, on a domain of your own.
Make yourself a home on the web
Pagecord is the perfect home for your writing.
Write when you like, where you like. Use the built-in editor, iA Writer, Obsidian, or publish by sending an email. Whatever suits you!
Everything a blog or personal site needs, in one tidy package: a home page, blog posts, unlimited pages, an email newsletter, comments, analytics, and a domain of your own.
Your own words, written your own way, on your own corner of the web.
Classic is free forever. Every new account starts with a 14-day free trial of Premium. No card required. Already writing somewhere else? We'll bring your old posts across.
More than just a blog
With unlimited pages and posts, custom code and CSS, Pagecord lets you create the personal website of your dreams!
A blog
A blog for all writing habits, long form articles or micro-posts. Readers can follow by RSS or by email updates. Comments and analytics are built in.
Your home page
Create a home page for introducing yourself or your writing. Embed photos, recent posts, a contact form, or just show your blog.
Trusted by 1,200+ writers · Pagecord is independent and open source
The Pagecord Principles
Pagecord is designed with these guiding principles front of mind.
Write more, manage less
Pagecord reduces the ceremony around blogging. Publish what you like, when you like, from wherever you like. A single photograph, a quick thought, a full-on essay. Everything looks great. Don't let overthinking hold you back â write and publish whenever you feel the urge.
Use your favourite writing tool
Write wherever suits you. There's a lovely editor built in, or you can publish a post by sending an email – no app to open, no password to remember. Already devoted to Obsidian or iA Writer? Pagecord works with those, and there's a CLI and API for the tinkerers.
Own your home on the web
Pagecord gives writers a long-term home on the web. Bring your own domain name, create your own design. Export your entire site, including images, any time in HTML or Markdown format. No lock-in. Easy to leave, but worth staying for.
Embrace boring web standards
Pagecord embraces the original dream of the World Wide Web. Fast, lean, semantic HTML that looks great on every device. Tiny JavaScript sprinkles, evergreen permalinks, RSS, email, and Micropub. No bloat, no adverts. Built for the long haul using tried and trusted tech.
Allow people to follow, calmly
Reading a Pagecord blog should be as effortless as writing on one. Every Pagecord blog comes with RSS support. Premium lets readers subscribe to weekly email digests, or individual posts by email. Readers can also reply privately to posts using email.
Complete, not complicated
Pagecord includes posts, pages, themes, analytics, email subscribers, comments, custom domains, and full export. Everything you could reasonably need, for a most reasonable price.
A wonderful editor for writing, built in
Pagecord has a wonderful online editor for writing posts in your browser, or on your phone. Use Markdown syntax, add formatting, images, galleries, tables, colours, and code blocks with syntax highlighting.
Post by sending an email
Email is already on every device you use. Send a message to your private Pagecord address and it becomes a post on your blog.
Text formatting, images and links all look great!
Publish from Obsidian, iA Writer, or your own scripts
The official Pagecord Obsidian plugin publishes selected notes straight to your blog. If you prefer iA Writer, Pagecord has you covered. Or you can use the Pagecord API and CLI to publish from Shortcuts, scripts, local folders, or any workflow that already works for you.
Your blog posts are easy to follow
Every Pagecord blog has RSS, but not everyone uses it. With Pagecord Premium, readers can subscribe to your blog by email and receive an automatic weekly digest. If you prefer, you can send posts individually instead, on your schedule.
Privacy-respecting analytics built in
It's nice to know how many visitors your blog gets, and where they come from, but you shouldn't have to add costly 3rd party tracking scripts.
Pagecord Premium has simple, privacy-first analytics built in. And if you would rather not know, you can turn it all off.
What people are saying
"Pagecord has two big attractions. One is rediscovering blogging by email, but a bigger win is the source availability. It does what I need, very nicely."
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Richard Dallaway
"It's simple, it's niche, it's elegant. The most important thing is the words and it takes away all the excuses that distract us from the real purpose of a blog, which is to learn about ourselves."
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e6on
"I was drawn to Pagecord because it allows me to post simply by sending an email. I was blown away by the other great features. It's simple, fast, and affordable, perfect for a personal blog."
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Eric
"The ability to post by email was such a relief. Write, send, publish. Frictionless! Pagecord keeps getting better with well-designed and executed features. As well as great support!"
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Chad
"Of all the platforms I've explored, Pagecord is my favourite. The developer is very responsive to suggestions and active in improving the platform while maintaining the core simplicity of using it."
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David
"I think Pagecord is the perfect place to host your own blog, especially if you want to keep things simple without getting lost in the forest of modern publishing platforms or newsletter engines."
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Greg
"I've used every platform one can imagine over the years! Pagecord is seamless, well designed, and is as simple as an email."
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Kristen
"Pagecord has two big attractions. One is rediscovering blogging by email, but a bigger win is the source availability. It does what I need, very nicely."
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Richard Dallaway
"It's simple, it's niche, it's elegant. The most important thing is the words and it takes away all the excuses that distract us from the real purpose of a blog, which is to learn about ourselves."
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e6on
"I was drawn to Pagecord because it allows me to post simply by sending an email. I was blown away by the other great features. It's simple, fast, and affordable, perfect for a personal blog."
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Eric
"The ability to post by email was such a relief. Write, send, publish. Frictionless! Pagecord keeps getting better with well-designed and executed features. As well as great support!"
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Chad
"Of all the platforms I've explored, Pagecord is my favourite. The developer is very responsive to suggestions and active in improving the platform while maintaining the core simplicity of using it."
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David
"I think Pagecord is the perfect place to host your own blog, especially if you want to keep things simple without getting lost in the forest of modern publishing platforms or newsletter engines."
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Greg
"I've used every platform one can imagine over the years! Pagecord is seamless, well designed, and is as simple as an email."
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Kristen
Pricing
Classic is free forever: unlimited posts and pages, your own themes and 20 free uploads to get going. Nothing you make is ever taken away if you stop paying. Upgrade any time for custom domains, analytics, email subscribers, video and a bigger upload allowance, Obsidian, API, CLI, and more for $39/year or $4/month.
Every new account starts with a 14-day free trial of Premium, so you can try everything before you decide. No credit card required!
- Unlimited posts and pages
- Write by email or rich text editor
- Custom home pages
- A choice of colourful themes
- An avatar for your blog
- Create pages as well as blog posts
- Tags for your posts
- RSS feeds & media embeds
- Full site HTML export
- Dynamic open graph images
- Post likes
- 20 uploads: images and audio
- Search your blog
- Password protect your blog
Premium
$39 /year or $4/mo
Everything you could possibly need.
Start your 14-day free trial
No card required.
- Everything in Classic
- Custom domain
- Page view analytics
- Images, audio and video
- Email newsletter (250 subscribers)
- Comments
- Reply by email
- Embeddable contact form
- Three blogs from one account
- Custom CSS
- Custom code
- API, Obsidian & Shortcuts
- Support independent software
If you're a Pagecord super-fan and have deeper pockets, please consider becoming a Supporter for $75/year!
Pagecord has everything you need
Pagecord gives you everything a personal website actually needs: blog posts, pages, RSS, email subscriptions, comments, simple analytics, a custom domain, full site export, and integrations with popular writing tools like Obsidian and iA Writer.
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Media Embeds
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Image & Audio Hosting
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Readers reply to your posts by email. Your email address is never revealed!
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Embeddable Contact Form
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Custom Domains
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Independent software
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Looking for a minimalist blogging platform or an indie blogging platform? Switching from another platform? See how Pagecord compares to Blogger, WordPress, Substack, Medium, HEY World, and about.me.
Watch a Pagecord walkthrough
Join Pagecord creator Olly for a 20-minute tour of everything Pagecord can do, or work through the tutorial playlist for shorter videos on individual features.
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Independent and open source
Pagecord is bootstrapped, profitable, privacy-conscious, and open source. Take a look under the hood, suggest improvements, or host it yourself.
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Host a conversation with comments
With Pagecord Premium you can enable comments on your posts. Readers leave a name and a message: no account needed, no email address revealed. You can post a reply to any of them.
Comments won't appear until you approve them, and spam is filtered out before it reaches you.