Your journal.
Your pen pals.
Your space.
A federated social journaling platform — the richness of LiveJournal, the creativity of early MySpace, rebuilt for 2026 on open standards with no algorithm and no ads.
What makes Inkwell different
Everything you need to write, connect, and express
Your Journal
A rich text editor with moods, music, stamps, inks, cover images, and distraction-free writing mode. Import from WordPress, Medium, or Substack.
Your Space
Eight unique themes, custom colors, fonts, layouts, background images, music players, and custom HTML/CSS. Make your profile truly yours.
Writer, dreamer, collector of moments.
Inkwell Classic
Your Pen Pals
Follow writers on Inkwell — and across the fediverse. Your journal connects to Mastodon, Ghost, and the open social web via ActivityPub.
Your Rules
No ads. No algorithm. No tracking. Per-entry privacy controls, friend filters, and complete data portability. You own your words.
Fresh from the community
See what people are writing
“We believe the internet was at its best when it felt like a place people genuinely lived. Long-form writing. Personal pages. The sense that you were getting to know someone.”
Read our mission →Pricing
Choose your ink
Inkwell is free to use — no trial, no expiry, no bait-and-switch. Plus ($5/mo) unlocks power-user features and helps sustain the platform for everyone.
Free
$0
- Unlimited public entries
- 8 profile themes
- Per-entry privacy controls
- Version history (25 per entry)
- Series & collections (up to 5)
- Bookmarks & reading list
- Categories & cover images
- Data import (WordPress, Medium, Substack & more)
- Email newsletter (500 subscribers, 2 sends/mo)
- API access (read-only, 100 req/15 min)
- 100 MB image storage
- Up to 10 drafts
- RSS feed
Inkwell Plus
$5/mo
- Everything in Free
- Unlimited newsletter subscribers, 8 sends/mo
- Custom newsletter name & reply-to
- Scheduled newsletter sends
- Unlimited version history
- Unlimited series & collections
- 1 GB image storage
- Unlimited drafts
- Integrated Postage (reader support payments)
- API read + write access (300 req/15 min)
- Custom colors, fonts & layouts
- Background images & profile music
- Custom HTML & CSS
- Plus badge on your profile
Upgrade to Plus anytime from your settings
Community sustained
Keep the ink flowing
Not everyone needs Plus — and that's okay. Ink Donors are the quiet patrons who keep Inkwell ad-free, algorithm-free, and open for everyone. No features unlocked. Just an ink-blue badge, and the knowledge that you helped keep the presses running.
Every drop of ink helps. Cancel anytime.
Open by design
Built in the open
Federated by default
Inkwell speaks ActivityPub. Follow writers on Mastodon, Ghost, and the open social web. Your journal isn't trapped here.
Community roadmap
Every feature is proposed, discussed, and prioritized by the people who use Inkwell. See what's next.
Your data stays yours
No ads. No tracking. No algorithm. Sustained by our community, not by selling your attention. Privacy policy.
Built with Elixir, React, and ActivityPub