A while back we shared a Next.js template - Flowershow - for turning Markdown into a website. It worked well—but it also came with the usual costs: setup, configuration, deployment, and ongoing maintenance.
So we built a new version of Flowershow: an open-source, fully hosted platform for publishing Markdown as a real website.
The focus is simple: write in Markdown, publish, and move on.
With hosted Flowershow you can:
- Publish docs, notes, blogs, or small product sites in minutes
- Use your own domain and customize the look without touching code
- Get built-in features like full-text search and comments out of the box
- Skip servers, CI pipelines, Docker, and framework decisions entirely
It works well for:
- project documentation
- indie product websites
- “learning in public” blogs
- internal or public knowledge bases / wikis.
Anywhere Markdown already fits, but hosting feels like unnecessary overhead.
If you enjoy writing in Markdown but don’t want publishing to become another thing to maintain, this might be useful:
👉 https://flowershow.app
👀 https://github.com/flowershow/flowershow
We’re building this in the open and will share updates as it evolves.
Feedback, ideas, and rough edges are very welcome. 💐
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