Blog Without The Slog

A personal website and blog... that you'll actually keep updated.

Out with the old, in with the new. A fresh website and blog for you.

Write where you like, when you like. A powerful text editor, post by email, publish directly from Obsidian. Pagecord meets you where you already write, and stays out of your way.

Bootstrapped, profitable and proud. No tracking, no lock-in, no AI. Your words, written your way, on your own corner of the web.

Start writing for free

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Check out real sites: Olly's home page, Yee Chie's Corner, jan.fyi, or see what's trending in the Pagecord Spotlight.

Write using a wonderful text editor

Pagecord comes with a wonderful online text editor. It handles all your text formatting needs, as well as images, galleries, tables, colours, even code blocks with syntax highlighting!

A screenshot of Pagecord's rich text editor

Write posts to your blog from your inbox

Posting by email is great fun, and it's the most effortless way to blog. Email is right there on all your devices, with a familiar editor and all the formatting you need.

Click compose, tap out a message, hit send. Pagecord does the rest.

Write from Obsidian, Shortcuts, or your own scripts

If you like using Obsidian to draft your writing, look no further. The official Pagecord plugin allows you to publish your Obsidian notes straight to your blog. Pagecords has an API for you to integrate with Shortcuts, or even write your own publishing scripts. The possibilities are endless!

Screenshot of the composing a post in Obsidian

Privacy-respecting analytics built in

It's fun to know how many people are visiting your blog, but third-party analytics are fiddly, expensive, and often don't respect privacy.

Pagecord Premium has simple, privacy-first analytics built in. And if you'd rather not know, you can turn it all off.

A screenshot of Pagecord's page view analytics page

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."

Richard Dallaway

richard.dallaway.com

"Pagecord has everything I'm looking for. Open source, privacy-respecting, with many customization options. Pricing is competitive, and Olly has always answered my questions promptly. I only wish more people knew about Pagecord. It's that good."

Eetu

moonwriting.blog

"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."

e6on

e6on.pagecord.com

"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."

Eric

focustivity.blog

"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!"

Chad

blog.chadmoore.net

"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."

David

front.pagecord.com

"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."

Greg

iamgregb.io

"I've used every platform one can imagine over the years! Pagecord is seamless, well designed, and is as simple as an email."

Kristen

thehundredfold.pagecord.com

Pricing

The blogging basics are free forever. Upgrade any time to get all the features for only $39/year or $4/month. It's one of the best deals out there.

Classic

FREE

Your blogging basics. Free forever!

Get started for free

Unlimited posts and pages
Write by email or rich text editor
Custom home pages
A choice of colourful themes
Create pages as well as blog posts
Tags for your posts
RSS feeds & media embeds
Full site HTML export

Premium

$39 /year or $4/mo

All the features for an unbeatable price!

Get started for free

Everything in Classic
Custom domain
Page view analytics
Image hosting & avatar
Email newsletter (250 subscribers)
Reply by email & post likes
Embeddable contact form
Dynamic open graph images
Custom CSS
API, Obsidian & Shortcuts
Support independent software 😊

Full of features. Unbeatable Value 😇

Pagecord is super-simple to use, but chock-a-block with powerful features. Try it and you'll love it. Here's the full list of what it can do.

	Classic	Premium
	FREE!	Only $39 per year!
Number of posts Write as many posts as you like. Your blog app should never hold you back 🚀	Unlimited	Unlimited
Write by email Publishing is as simple as sending an email. Rich text is fully supported 💌	✅	✅
Online editor Use a rich text editor if you prefer a traditional blogging experience 👩‍💻	✅	✅
Long-form writing Write long-form articles or microblog your thoughts. Both look great! 📝	✅	✅
Pages Create standalone pages for About, Now, Contact, archives, tags, and more with dynamic variables 📄	✅	✅
Custom Home Page Choose a custom page to welcome visitors instead of dropping them straight into the post stream 🏡	✅	✅
Themes Style your blog with colour themes and fonts 🎨	✅	✅
Tags Tag your posts to keep things organised 🏷	✅	✅
Media Embeds Links to YouTube, Spotify, Bandcamp and GitHub are automatically embedded. Great for sharing your favourite tunes and videos 🎧 📺	✅	✅
Multi-language support Pagecord allows your blog interface to be in English, French, Spanish, German and Portuguese 🌍	✅	✅
RSS feeds Every site has a public RSS feed so readers can follow along in their favourite feed reader 📑	✅	✅
Full Site Export Export your entire Pagecord blog as HTML or Markdown, with images included 💾	✅	✅
Image Hosting Upload images and image galleries for your posts, via email attachments or using the editor 🖼️		✅
Page view analytics See how many people are visiting your blog with privacy-respecting analytics 📊		✅
Email newsletter Readers subscribe and receive a weekly digest or individual posts as you publish them 📬 (250 subscriber limit. More for an additional fee)		✅
Reply by email Readers reply to your posts by email. Your email address is never revealed!		✅
Embeddable Contact Form Add a contact form to any page. Messages go straight to your inbox 📨		✅
Post Likes Visitors can 'like' your posts. You track the stats in the app ❤️		✅
Avatar Add a touch of your own personality while retaining that classic Pagecord minimal look 🧑‍🎨		✅
Custom Domains If you'd prefer to use your own domain name for your site, set it up in one click 🌐		✅
Custom CSS Add your own CSS to customise the look of your blog beyond the built-in themes 🎨		✅
API, Obsidian & Shortcuts Publish from the official Obsidian plugin, scripts, Shortcuts, or anything that can make an HTTP request 🔌		✅
Warm fuzzy feels Feel great about supporting an independent business 😊		✅

Switching from another platform? See how Pagecord compares to WordPress, Substack, Medium, HEY World, and about.me.

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