Write.as
A place for focused writing.
Long after we finished our v2.0 API, we released our first official non-web client for it. Whereas v1.0 only allowed anonymous publishing, this update enabled users to log in to their Write.as account, see their blogs, and publish to them.
This also laid the foundation for our WriteFreely CLI.
After Medium abruptly bumped us off their API, the Ghost team got in touch with us and we started working on a new integration. Today we launched that integration, to coincide with the launch of their own Admin API that enabled it.
As a platform, it felt much better to support another open source platform rather than an increasingly user-hostile walled garden.
Today we launched our marketplace and add-on directory, Extend Write.as.
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Hey mate, I like what you're doing. I'm working on a writing platform myself. It's not focused on blogging and publishing like yours is, I'm focused on providing note-taking, idea-exploration and brainstorming tools for writers. Anyway, just dropping a note to say hi, I hope it's all going well for you, congrats on the extension launch.
Launched our fully-managed hosting service, WriteFreely.host, for people who want to start their own writing community without the hassle of installing WriteFreely themselves.
We launched our very first native desktop app for Linux, a lightweight editor that lets you publish anonymous posts to Write.as
We launched support for federation via ActivityPub, so people on federated platforms like Mastodon can follow and interact with Write.as blogs. Now anyone can easily create a new federated blog and join the fediverse.
To bring Write.as and Snap.as closer together, we launched a Chrome and Firefox extension that lets you upload photos while you're writing -- just drop in a file, then paste the Markdown into your post.
Adding this bit of functionality as a browser extension means that both the Write.as interface stays clean and that Snap.as is useful even if you're pairing it with another Markdown-enabled writing platform.
The team went up to NYC to show off the Write.as suite of products at TechDay!
Snap.as launched its first dedicated feature, photo albums, as a one-time paid add-on and made its first sale within 12 minutes.
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