Nobody holds your list
Every hosted publishing service holds the two things that matter: the relationship with your readers and permission to post as you. The Open Times is the same software with both of those in a database you control.
The audience is not rented
Subscribers, payments and posts are rows you can query, back up and export. A platform cannot change its terms on a list it does not have.
Tokens stay where you put them
OAuth tokens and app passwords are encrypted with a key your instance generates. Nobody else has a copy, because there is nobody else.
Run it wherever suits you
It is one Bun process and a SQLite file. That runs on a laptop, and it runs on a small server if you want the queue publishing while the laptop is shut.
More features
- Publications Write long-form posts to a publication you own, at your own domain, with nothing sitting between you and the page.
- Newsletter Publishing a post emails it to your subscribers. The web page and the send are one action, not two tools.
- Paid subscriptions Turn on paid tiers, mark posts subscriber-only, and take payment straight into your own Stripe account.