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Purpose
Known lets any number of users publish posts, status updates, photographs, and other content to a shared site.Read 11 Oct 2026 · withknown.com
Audience
Known says its community includes broadcasters, universities, individual creators, technical early adopters, educators, and learners.Read 11 Oct 2026 · withknown.com
Free plan
YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · withknown.com
API
Known documentation says every page is also an API endpoint and describes API calls authenticated with an HMAC signature using the user's API key.Read 11 Oct 2026 · docs.withknown.com
Integrations
The hosted group product lists connections to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Foursquare, Soundcloud, LinkedIn, and webhooks.Read 11 Oct 2026 · withknown.com
Privacy
The feature list says users can make their site private for personal thoughts or private group discussion.Read 11 Oct 2026 · withknown.com
Support
Known's guides direct self-hosted users to the developer mailing list, GitHub comments, or the #knownchat IRC channel.Read 11 Oct 2026 · withknown.com
Author limit
200Read 20 Sep 2026 · withknown.com
Blog analytics
YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · withknown.com
Custom domain
YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · withknown.com
Customization
Users can add a custom domain, CSS, JavaScript, static pages, analytics, and plugins.Read 11 Oct 2026 · withknown.com
Data and APIs
The group product lists full data export and APIs, and says users can move between hosted and self-hosted sites with help from Known.Read 11 Oct 2026 · withknown.com
Feeds
Known provides updates via RSS, XML, JSON, or KML feeds.Read 11 Oct 2026 · withknown.com
Open source
Known describes its framework as open source and suitable for community sites or a single-user blog.Read 11 Oct 2026 · withknown.com
Privacy policy
Known's privacy policy says it takes measures reasonably necessary to protect personal information and says customer-site privacy practices are the responsibility of those customers.Read 11 Oct 2026 · withknown.com
Publishing
The product supports photos, notes, stories, songs, hashtags, and an HTML or rich-text editor.Read 11 Oct 2026 · withknown.com
Responsive web
Known says its web interface is responsive and works on any device.Read 11 Oct 2026 · withknown.com
Self-hosting
Known can be installed on a web server; its documentation lists PHP 8.1 or above and MySQL, MariaDB, or MongoDB requirements.Read 11 Oct 2026 · docs.withknown.com
Theme customization
custom codeRead 20 Sep 2026 · withknown.com

Plans and prices

Basic service Free Basic service; specific limits not stated Read 11 Oct 2026 · withknown.com
Known Priced on request Unlimited space · up to 200 authors · unlimited accounts Read 11 Oct 2026 · withknown.com

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