Jottings; Anti-social microblog for your thoughts
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I built Jottings because I was tired of my own thoughts getting trapped inside algorithmic feeds where I had to perform. There was a huge mental load before posting something on X or Instagram.Every time I wanted to share something small or unfinished, I opened Twitter and lost 20 minutes to the timeline. Writing a blog post felt too heavy for those smaller, quick thoughts. I just wanted a place to write something down quickly and hit publish.Jottings is that place. It gives you a clean microblog on a domain you own. Posts show up in simple chronological order. No likes. No followers. No feed trying to decide what matters.What Jottings is - A microblogging platform that builds fully static microblog sites - A free subdomain (you.jottings.me) or connect your own domain on PRO plans - Markdown, tags, RSS feed, links with preview, and image uploads - An optional AI writing helper when you are stuck or lazy to fix grammar - Optimized for SEO and AI search friendly - Analytics for your sitesWhat it is not - Not a social network - Not an engagement funnel - Not trying to keep you on the site - Not a replacement for long-form blogging, though you can use it that wayHow it works Each Jot publish triggers a static site rebuild. The site is stored in Cloudflare R2 and served directly at the edge. Custom domains go through Cloudflare SSL for SaaS. I built it to be boring, reliable (barring Cloudflare's latest issues), and cheap to run.Pricing Free tier for a subdomain, text posts, and a lot more. USD5 per month for custom domains, images, full Markdown, and the writing helper. I priced it to be an easy yes.Limitations - No comments (on purpose) - No native apps yet (iOS is coming) - The writing helper is helpful but not magic - I am a solo founder, so features move at human speedI use Jottings regularly to document what I build. It has been the lowest-friction way I have found to publish anything publicly.Demo of Jottings site for product updates: https://jottings.jottings.me/ Demo of my personal Jottings site: https://jottings.vishalvshekkar.com (with custom subdomain)I would love feedback from this community. What would make this better or more useful for you?Check it out here: https://jottings.me (2 min set up) Feel free to write to me at [email protected]— Vishal
HN · launched Dec 12, 2025 · 28 upvotes (top 28%) · 0 views
Niche: digital journaling apps · 287 launches, 21 in the last 7 days ▼ -19% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Communication
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes This is a straightforward microblogging SaaS offering user accounts, Markdown post editing, RSS feeds, and custom domain routing via standard hosting platforms.
Discussion
16 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Honk (Fedi-based microblog), Mastodon/Pleroma/Misskey (with federation disabled), Digital Gardens, Anytype (for linked note-taking)
Concerns raised: Tablet interface too cluttered/packed, Link colors not distinguishable on dark mode, AI writing feature encourages content spam, Monetization unclear for free product
Feature requests: Human-readable, post-content-based permalink URLs (not just numeric IDs), Self-hosting option available, Post linking/graph features to connect multiple posts together, Personalized feed ranking
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 95 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #33 of 96 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 41 days after the earliest competitor.
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