Publish from your favorite editor.
iA Writer, Obsidian, Vim, VS Code — anything that saves to Dropbox. Save the file, it’s a website.
#Why I Write
I don’t write to share what I think. I write to find out what I think.
Save, and it’s there.
In the editor you already use — iA Writer, Obsidian, VS Code, Vim, anything that saves to Dropbox. Press ⌘S, refresh, it’s live.
Your folder is your CMS.
Drag a file into a folder — it’s a page. The folder is the address. The first heading is the title. Drop a file in a Drafts folder and only you see it. Whatever’s in your folder is what’s on your site, exactly.
Hello, world
May 29, 2026
I’ve started keeping things here. No dashboard, no deploy — just a file in a folder that happens to be a page on the internet.
If you’re reading this, it already works.
Rename a file and the address follows. Your old link still works, so nothing you’ve shared ever breaks. No slugs to invent, no frontmatter to fill, no _config.yml.
The details are automatic.
The small things that usually eat an afternoon are just done — so you stay in the part you came for. Zero settings to configure.
Syntax Highlighting
Fence a code block. It lights up. 100+ languages, light and dark.
Ship the post. It just looks right.
Typography That Resolves
Type the plain marks. The published page gets the real glyphs.
Curly quotes, real dashes, true fractions.
Embeds That Just Happen
Paste a YouTube, Vimeo, or tweet link on its own line. It becomes the player.
No shortcodes. No plugins.
SEO & Feeds
Meta tags, sitemap, RSS, and a share image. Every post, ready.
Every post arrives ready to be found.
Links That Don't Break
Rename a file. Every URL it ever had still resolves.
Nothing you've shared ever breaks.
Custom Domains
Free subdomain to start. Point your own domain when you're ready. SSL is automatic.
Your name on the door, not ours.
A quiet meditation on early mornings, coffee in the dark, and writing first.
Descriptions Write Themselves
Every post gets a clean description for search and social. You never write one.
One less thing to think about.
What to Read Next
Every post suggests what to read next. Readers stay longer; one post leads to two.
One good read leads to the next.
Your Posts, As A Podcast
Turn any post into audio: a clean narration, or two hosts discussing it.
Your words, now in their ears.
A newsletter
you actually own.
Readers subscribe on your own site. Every post you publish emails them automatically — no separate tool, no second editor.
The list is yours. Export every subscriber anytime. No platform sits between you and the people who read you.
On the quiet ritual of waking before the world does…
got it — see you at the cafe at 8. don't bring the laptop.
Loved last week's piece. It made me start a folder of my own…
Your words belong to you.
Markdown in your Dropbox — the same before FolderPress, and after. No database, no proprietary format, no asking permission to leave.
One plan.
No tiers to decode.
Start free on a folderpress.com subdomain. Upgrade when you want your own domain.
Everything you need to publish from Dropbox.
- yourname.folderpress.com
- Unlimited posts & pages
- RSS, sitemap, OG images
- Syntax highlighting & embeds
Your blog, at your own address.
- Everything in Free
- Custom domain (yourname.com)
- Newsletter & subscribers
- Remove FolderPress badge
The free tier is genuinely free — Pro pays the bills. No ads, we never touch your files, and you can leave with everything anytime.
Good
questions.
Do I need to know markdown?
If you’ve ever written **bold** or # Heading, you know enough. The rest takes five minutes — it’s closer to plain text than to code.
Do you get access to all my files?
No. FolderPress only sees the Apps/FolderPress/ folder. It can’t reach anything else in your Dropbox — Dropbox won’t allow it.
What about images and other files?
Drop an image next to your post and reference it like you would anywhere. It syncs from Dropbox and serves from your site — no upload step.
What if I want to leave?
Take your files. They’re markdown in your Dropbox — the same before FolderPress and after.
Just start writing.
We’ll handle the rest. Connect Dropbox and your first post is one save away.
Free to start. No credit card.