Make yourself a home on the web

A personal site and blog. Focus on writing, not wrangling.

Publish when you like, from wherever you like: the built-in editor, iA Writer, Obsidian, or just by sending an email.

Dear Pagecord,

I'd like a blog called

Yours,

Next, your email. Then your blog's live.

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Every account starts with 14 days of Premium. Keep it for $39 a year, or stay on Classic for free. Already writing somewhere else? We'll bring your old posts across.

Your own corner of the web

Write as much as you like, on as many pages as you like. Pagecord lets you create the personal website of your dreams!

A Pagecord personal site with About, Grid and Archives pages and a photo post

A personal site

A home for whatever you make: poems, short stories, a novel chapter by chapter, a sketchbook. As many pages as you like, a way for readers to get in touch, and a domain of your own.

A Pagecord blog with a photo header, links to its archive and gallery, and a post of sculpture photographs

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.

A Pagecord home page with an avatar, a short introduction, links to About, Now and Contact, and its latest post

Your home page

Introduce yourself and your work. Show your latest posts, your book, your gallery, or just your blog.

Trusted by 1,200+ writers · Pagecord is independent and open source

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!

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.

A screenshot of Pagecord's rich text editor

Allow people to follow, calmly

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.

A screenshot of Apple Mail with a weekly digest email

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.

A screenshot of Pagecord's page view analytics page

Also enclosed

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Obsidian, iA Writer and the API

Publish straight from the official Obsidian plugin or iA Writer. Tinkerers can use Shortcuts, scripts and the API too.

Custom domains

If you'd prefer to use your own domain name for your site, set it up in one click.

Pages

Create standalone pages for About, Now, Contact, archives, tags, and more with dynamic variables.

Themes

Style your blog with colour themes and fonts, then choose a layout and page width that suit your writing.

Media embeds

Links to YouTube, Spotify, Bandcamp and GitHub are automatically embedded. Great for sharing your favourite tunes and videos.

Full site export

Export your entire Pagecord blog as HTML or Markdown, with images included.

Postcards from writers

“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
“My blog is about trying to live and work online without losing my soul – independently, ethically, free from bloat and away from the clutches of ‘big tech’. Pagecord is a great fit with these principles and a pleasure to use.”
Jeremy howtointer.net
“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
“Escogí Pagecord porque está pensado para los que disfrutamos escribiendo, pero sin descuidar el aspecto visual de las publicaciones, pues integra a la perfección textos y fotografías, cuidando hasta el último detalle.”
Alfonso alfonso-postigo.com
“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
“I think there's no reason not to use Pagecord as your blogging platform. It's simple yet flexible, fast, and looks great. And Olly, the developer, is incredibly friendly and helpful and actively working to make Pagecord even better.”
Martin martinschuhmann.com
“Pagecord simplifies the complexities of site-making by providing great designs, IndieWeb principles, and continuous quality-of-life improvements. The best thing: I get to focus my energies on writing and thinking, not tinkering.”
Aaron aaronjz.com
“Pagecord is fire.”
Elettrodora elettrodora.xyz

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!

Classic

FREE

Your blogging basics. Free forever!

Get started for free

No card, and nothing expires.

  • 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!

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P.S. I make Pagecord in Edinburgh. Write to [email protected] and it's me who writes back. Olly

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