From May 1st 2026 to May 31st 2026 Slow Press is active and free for a test run.
Slow Press transforms a locally managed folder of plain-text Markdown and CSS files directly into a live, database-free website.
There are no administrative dashboards. You author content on your own computer. You retain absolute ownership of your raw data.
Read the About documentation to understand the system architecture and formatting rules.
Register a new Press to claim your subdomain and generate a passphrase.
Upload your local directory to synchronize and publish your live site.
Roadmap
- Current (March 2026): Beta testing on slowpress.pub and gathering user feedback.
- Next Steps: Open-sourcing the code for self-hosting.
- Future: Evaluating demand to potentially offer a fully managed, affordable hosting service.
Potential developments
- Obsidian vault upload plugin
- Web editor for single page editing
- Email to SlowPress publishing (hosted service)
- Multi-folder RSS and compound feeds
- Multi-press hosting for communities
- FTP access