Textbelt

Outgoing SMS API

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Textbelt is a very simple SMS API. No user accounts, no cost uncertainty, developer-oriented.

There are two offerings: a free open-source project and a paid API for better delivery guarantees.

Ian Webster Founder

Request for Feedback: Outgoing SMS API

Last year I finally created a paid version of my open source SMS API, Textbelt. Textbelt is a no-BS version of Twilio, Plivo etc. aimed at developers. I...

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Launched OTP API

Shipped a simple API that allows users to generate two-factor authentication/mobile verification codes.

Unlike similar services, there's no account required, the API is dead simple, and the documentation is succinct.

Work begins on a paid Textbelt option

The Textbelt API hosted for free was mostly overrun by spammers and scammers in its 5+ years of life.

The Textbelt.com website begins its transition to a full-service paid. The paid offering uses a different sending mechanism that offers better delivery guarantees and prevents spam.

Users still have the option of self-hosting their free, open-source Textbelt instance.

textbelt.com

Textbelt starts as open-source project

First commit of the Textbelt open source project. A free outgoing SMS API that uses email-to-SMS gateways to send SMS for free. Posted to Hacker News shortly thereafter.

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textbelt - Outgoing SMS API

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Textbelt is a very simple SMS API. No user accounts, no cost uncertainty, developer-oriented.

There are two offerings: a free open-source project and a paid API for better delivery guarantees.

Ian Webster Founder