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On the recordRead 12 Oct 202624 facts
PostOwl
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Self-hosted
Free
Requires technical knowledge to deploy · hosted version coming soon
Read 12 Oct 2026 · postowl.com
On the record
- Audience
- PostOwl is intended for people who want their own website for a blog, journal, or private letter sharing.postowl.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Backup limitation
- The deployment guide says backups are currently a manual process and that more backup options are planned.postowl.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Backups
- The backup guide says all content, including images, is in one SQLite file and that backups are currently manual.postowl.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Company
- The About page names Tom as the person who came up with the idea and Michael as the author of most of the initial code.postowl.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Custom domain
- Yespostowl.com · read 22 Sep 2026
- Data storage
- PostOwl stores content, including images, in a single SQLite database file that can be backed up.postowl.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- PostOwl is open source and can be self-hosted; its deployment guide currently focuses on Fly.io.postowl.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Deployment requirement
- The maker says deployment currently requires some technical knowledge and describes the product as a technical preview.postowl.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Editing
- PostOwl supports in-place editing without a separate admin interface.postowl.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Email integration
- PostOwl uses Nodemailer to send email notifications and recommends Mailgun if the operator needs an SMTP server.postowl.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Features
- The home page lists RSS feeds, search, and email notifications as features.postowl.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Hosted version
- The hosted version is described as coming soon, with a newsletter signup for launch updates.postowl.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Notable limit
- The first-steps guide describes PostOwl as a technical preview and says users need technical knowledge to deploy it.postowl.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Platform support
- The maker says web standards make PostOwl usable on any device with a web browser.postowl.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Private sharing
- Users can share letters with friends through secret links and notify them by email.postowl.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- PostOwl is an open-source web application for personal blogging, private journaling, and sharing letters with friends.postowl.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Security and data ownership
- The maker says users own their data and that the application is open source; the pages reviewed make no specific compliance claim.postowl.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Sharing
- Users can share letters through secret links and notify recipients by email.postowl.com · read 12 Oct 2026
