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Pagecord is an open source blogging platform where you publish by sending an email: write in any email client and posts appear on your self-hosted blog immediately. A self-hosted alternative to Substack. MIT licensed.
It is a free, open-source video conferencing solution for web and mobile, offering secure, flexible, and feature-rich communication capabilities.
Hexabot is an open source chatbot framework with a visual flow editor, built-in NLU training, and multi-channel deployment, all running on your own infrastructure. MIT licensed.
Keila is an open source email newsletter tool for managing contact lists, creating campaigns, and tracking analytics from a self-hosted server. A privacy-first alternative to Mailchimp; AGPL-3.0 licensed.
Open-source customer engagement platform with AI assistant, omnichannel support, and knowledge base for seamless customer support.
Postiz is an open source social media management platform for scheduling content across 20+ networks, with AI content generation and team collaboration. AGPL-3.0 licensed, self-hostable.
Pagecord is an open source blogging platform that lets writers publish by sending an email, posting content to their self-hosted blog the moment the message arrives, with no web editor or content management interface to navigate.
Substack and similar newsletter-blog platforms are effective but centralized: your content and subscriber relationships live on their servers, their terms of service govern what you can publish, and the platform takes a percentage of paid subscriptions. Writers who want full ownership of their content and audience data need a self-hosted alternative that does not force them into a new writing workflow.
Pagecord accepts posts via email. Write in your existing email client, send to your Pagecord address, and the post publishes to your site. The writing workflow is identical to composing an email: no new editor to learn, no browser UI to manage. RSS feeds let readers subscribe without giving up their email address. MIT license applies; the entire platform is self-hostable.
Pagecord is best for independent writers and developers who want to publish a simple blog without Substack's platform dependency, prefer writing in email rather than a web editor, and want full ownership of their content and audience data on their own server.
Unlike Substack, which hosts all content and subscriber data on its own platform and charges a revenue share on paid subscriptions, Pagecord is MIT licensed and self-hosted. Your posts and reader relationships never leave your own server.
