Selfish Publisher is a native app that turns your writing into a static website on your Apple device and publishes it to hosting you choose. It is for writers who want their own domain and portable files without maintaining a command-line build process.
At a glance
| App | Selfish Publisher |
| Platforms | iPhone, iPad and Mac; iOS 26, iPadOS 26 or macOS 26 and later. |
| Purchase | One universal purchase. UK introductory price £3.99, rising to £9.99 in December 2026. Regional prices vary; check the App Store. |
| Optional purchases | Seven premium themes and custom CSS are separate one-time purchases. Four themes are included. |
| Publishing | SFTP, WebDAV, S3-compatible storage, Netlify, Cloudflare Pages, GitHub Pages and a folder. |
| Import | WordPress, Ghost, Substack, Medium, Hugo, Jekyll, Eleventy, Obsidian and blog feeds. |
| Export | Markdown with media and site settings. Credentials are excluded. |
| Privacy | Writing lives on the device; optional sync uses the user’s iCloud. Publishing credentials are kept in Apple’s Keychain. No Selfish account or analytics in the app. |
| Contact | support@selfpubli.sh |
App Store listing · User guide · Publishing documentation · Changelog · Privacy
A short description
Write a post on your iPhone, preview the page, then publish a complete static blog to your own hosting. Selfish builds the HTML, feeds, sitemap and archives locally. Your website keeps working independently of the app, and your writing can leave as Markdown.
What to try in a review
Create a small site and write a post with a photo. Preview it in the composer, choose a theme, then generate the whole site from the publish screen. Configure a supported destination, review the changes and publish. Finally, export the writing to see what portability means in practice.
An existing blog can be imported before anything is published. Keep its old host available while checking that images and old post addresses came across. The migration guide describes the limits as well as the steps.
Selfish is Apple-only. It does not provide a hosting account, a newsletter service, comments or a plugin system. Hosting may cost separately. Those are useful tradeoffs to cover alongside the app’s local generation and one-time purchase.
Real app screens
Download the Selfish logo (SVG)
These captures come from the app running in an iPhone simulator with sample Field Notes content. They show the real editor and preview. The example sites are demos created with Selfish, rather than customer endorsements. You may use these assets when covering the app.
Walkthrough
A 21-second walkthrough using real app captures and sample content. No audio. Shows writing, preview and themes; hosting setup and upload are covered in the publishing guide.
Examples you can browse
Field Notes shows a writing-focused blog. homelab.log is a project journal, and The Margin is a reading blog. The themes page has the full theme gallery.