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I like this project. Simple, open-source, nice UI.
Claude ui
Thank you!
Agreed. A documented data export or stable feed would complement the minimal UI well: it would let a quiet service stay intentionally simple without making a user's archive feel trapped.
Reminds me of org-social (https://github.com/tanrax/org-social)

> Notes are limited to 280 characters. The constraint keeps them quick to write and read, making room for one thought at a time.

No thanks.

Hi, I'm sorry you don't like the limitation :( this is for short thoughts you want to share, not really huge conversations, there are better places for that IMO.
Yes! I've always said twitter was better before images/multimedia!
https://web.archive.org/web/20070123220857/http://twitter.co...

For those that never had an opportunity to see it.

Old web vibes!
The 280 char limit seems arbitrary, given you cant even keep the about page within that limit: https://textlog.cc/about

If you are going to limit it to short posts, maybe the length of a short post is the length to limit it to, rather than emulating the 2xSMS of every twitter clone?

Other than that, it looks really clean and neat - I just dont think being 280 chars adds anything other than resulting in people posting with pagination as per X 1/3.

I like the idea of a shorter character limit as it nudges users to a specific mode of interaction: short thoughts/updates and not long-winded soliloquies. It's signalling that interaction with this platform doesn't demand much of your time or attention. I don't know what the about page has to do with it, but you have to draw the line somewhere.

That said, I'm not a social media user besides HN I guess.

It needs to be short - there is already a limit that worked well - why bikeshed it more?
You could fork and do whatever no?
I really like this approach. I wonder if it needs such complexity for the rendering. Could you have built this as a SSG template?
Hi, thanks! There is a lot of nuance on the rendered pages, I figured server-side React was the best choice - plus it's a technology I'm comfortable with and might also encourage contributions.
I recently started a section on my personal site for absolutely minimal and simple microblogging that I could Ctrl-F through: https://knlb.dev/scribbles/ -- I should probably give this a shot.
Hey, nice! If you want to try it, we have an API[0] you can pull your user feed from!

[0]: https://textlog.cc/api

Signed up, will use it. Having trouble seeing how long this will actually exist though, because people are miserable and it WILL be ruined.
I built something for a similar goal, make it easy for someone to start their blog. But instead it's a static website, clone the repo, adjust the config.ts, write the posts in markdown, host anywhere: https://starter.bryanhogan.com/
> The simplest way to build a high-quality website.

The build (generation) step should be able to execute on/inside the browser runtime (using standardized APIs, not hardcoded against proprietary APIs that the NodeJS people invented).

See also <https://crussell.ichi.city/pager.app.htm>

Please don't use !important at scale https://github.com/BryanHogan/astro-starter-template/commit/...
It's blazing fast too. Good job. But is it purely text? Or do you support/will support, images and videos?
Thanks! Purely text. Inline images/etc. can be supported by someone building a browser extension. I wanted to keep the core distraction free.
This is really neat!

The main thing that stood out to me was, unlike many other micro/minimalist blogging platforms, textlog has individual notes (as opposed to blogs) as the primary unit. I feel that this choice often makes it psychologically easier for users to post something quickly without getting stuck on managing their blog’s brand and identity. Nothing wrong with the latter, but it comes with a trade-off.

And I really like the visual design: very clean and minimalistic, but also pleasant.

I'm a certified dark mode hater, so in that light, that's a no-go for me: there seems to be no way to change the theme.
It picks up your system theme, so you can't be dark mode hater since you're already using it for your OS :P i didn't want to complicate it with user settings yet, but it can be added if there is demand.
Doesn't your user agent support user stylesheets?
Im having trouble getting to the site when using quad9 dns. Site works fine when using cloudflare dns though.
I made something similar

Source: https://github.com/est/gitweets

Demo: https://f.est.im/

The site and data is self-contained as a git repo.

A git commit is a post. Blobs are pictures.

Comments are stored in git notes.

That's really nice! I really like the UI of the site, its calm and soothing.
i'm experiencing a weird scenario. all time is asking me for a magic link :( I click on that link and again the same screen, ask for a magic link (said the old one expired). It may be our mimecast blocking something?
Love the restraint. Feels like an anti-social social club to me.
reminds me of https://bearblog.dev/
Should do the same but for 4chan.
What makes it ’quiet’?
Thanks for the write-up
twitter reborn

:thumbs-up:

Interesting approach. I think the "individual notes instead of blogs" idea is an important UX decision. Many tools fail because they ask users to commit to an identity before they have something worth sharing.