Open Source alternative to Substack and Buttondown
Picoletter is a new open-source newsletter app designed for independent bloggers and writers. It offers a generous free tier and allows users to run newsletters with minimal costs. The app is currently in beta and includes various features such as subscription management and email analytics, with additional features planned for future updates.
- ▪Picoletter is designed for independent bloggers and writers.
- ▪It uses AWS SES for email delivery and offers a free tier for users.
- ▪The app is currently in beta and includes features like subscription management and email analytics.
Opening excerpt (first ~120 words) tap to expand
Picoletter Picoletter is a newsletter app for independent bloggers and writers. It uses SES to send emails. With their really generous free tier, you could run your newsletter on a $5 VM on DigitalOcean or Hetzner virtually for free. More Screenshots This is beta software, you can use it in production if you're feeling like going on a adventure, meanwhile here are the list of things that work and things that are pending Features Run multiple newsletters from the same app Subscription, confirmation & unsubscription flow Schedule newsletter for sending Custom sending domains with DNS verification Handle bounces and complaints to ensure good reputation Embeddable forms for subscription Public archive Subscriber reminders Subscriber labeling and categorization Email analytics tracking (opens,…
Excerpt limited to ~120 words for fair-use compliance. The full article is at GitHub.