prose.sh -- a blog platform for hackers

Examples

Create your account with Public-Key Cryptography

We don't want your email address.

To get started, simply ssh into our content management system:

ssh new@prose.sh

note: new is a special username that will always send you to account creation, even with multiple accounts associated with your key-pair.

note: getting permission denied? read this

After that, just set a username and you're ready to start writing! When you SSH again, use your username that you set in the CMS.

You control the source files

Create posts using your favorite editor in plain text files.

~/blog/hello-world.md

# hello world!

This is my first blog post.

Check out some resources:

- [pico.sh](https://pico.sh)
- [lists.sh](https://lists.sh)
- [antoniomika](https://antoniomika.me)
- [erock.io](https://erock.io)

Cya!

Upload images for your blog

We also support image uploading (jpg, png, gif, webp, svg). Simply upload your images alongside your markdown files and then reference them from root `/`:

---
title: hello world!
---

        ![profile pic](/profile.jpg)

scp ~/blog/hello-world.md ~/blog/profile.jpg prose.sh:/

Read more about image uploading at [imgs.sh](https://imgs.sh) and our [help page](/help)

Publish your posts with one command

When your post is ready to be published, copy the file to our server with a familiar command:

scp ~/blog/*.md prose.sh:/

We'll either create or update the posts for you.

Terminal workflow without installation

Since we are leveraging tools you already have on your computer (ssh and scp), there is nothing to install.

This provides the convenience of a web app, but from inside your terminal!

Features

Github flavor markdown
Custom domains
Looks great on any device
Bring your own editor
You control the source files
Terminal workflow with no installation
Public-key based authentication
No ads, zero browser-based tracking
No attempt to identify users
No platform lock-in
No javascript
Subscriptions via RSS
Minimalist design
100% open source

Philosophy

The goal of this blogging platform is to make it simple to use the tools you love to write and publish your thoughts. There is no installation, signup is as easy as SSH'ing into our CMS, and publishing content is as easy as copying files to our server.

If you'd like to read more about our group, please read our profile at pico.sh.

Roadmap

Writing competitions
Limited compatibility with hugo