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Forwarding an email is not always straightforward
It’s rare for a good email to start with Fwd: Fw: fwd:
Public descriptions for tags
Add context to subscriber-editable tags with a new API field.
OpenAPI spec for archives
A machine-readable spec for the data powering your archive pages.
How Rodrigo brings a humanistic view to consumer technology
Journalist, Rodrigo Ghedin, uses his bilingual newsletter to share his insights on the social and psychological impacts of modern consumer technology.
How Brandon Lucas Green shares his music and supports artists
Musician and tech professional, Brandon Lucas Green, uses his newsletter as an outlet to share his music journey and provide insights on how fellow creators can achieve creative independence.
Subscribers can come from anywhere. Even another newsletter platform's form.
Everything can be customized, if you try hard enough.
Your newsletter's archives are more valuable than your list
Store, share, and protect your work so as many people as possible can see it.
Survey responses on the web
Subscribers can now respond to surveys from the web archive, not just email.
Better tag self-management
Flip a toggle and subscribers can add or remove tags themselves in the portal.
Granular API keys
Create as many API keys as you need, each with its own permissions.
Smarter automation filters
Make sure subscribers still match your filters before an automation runs.
Ask A Nerd: How does newsletter cadence affect deliverability?
The amount of time between emails can have a significant impact on how ESPs and subscribers view your writing.
New design settings pages
We've removed the Design settings page in favor of separate settings for Archives and Emails.
Snippets
Reusable content blocks you can insert into any email.
Starred views
Star pages to keep them one click away in your sidebar.
More ways to customize your archives
Change fonts, colors, and more without touching CSS.
Inbox filtering
Filter your inbox to show unread items or conversations needing a response.
Mastodon follower analytics
Track your Mastodon follower count over time
Ask a Nerd: What are good open, click, and response rates for an email newsletter?
30% open rates and 2% click rates are good. But numbers can lie.
How we migrated our database to PlanetScale
Swapping the rug everyone's dancing on
Two new archive themes
Introducing Arbus and Lovelace, two new ways to style your newsletter's web presence.
Ask a Nerd: Does attaching files to your newsletter hurt deliverability?
Email service providers hate them, they’re awkward on mobile, and download links are better in virtually every way.
Custom buttons now work in Markdown mode
A simpler format for custom buttons that works everywhere.
Seline and Tinylytics support
Two new privacy-friendly analytics integrations for your archives.
Localization
Buttondown supports multiple languages and regional date formats for subscriber-facing content.
Unban subscribers
You can now unban subscribers directly from the UI.
Announcement bars for your archives
Add a prominent message at the top of your archive pages.
Bang paths, source routing, and how email trips were planned
Turn by turn directions, for email