01 / Create
Declare the site
The server reserves a slug like bright-canvas-a7k2 and returns signed upload URLs.
Open-source here.now alternative
Your agent ships it. You own the link.
Tell your agent “publish this” and get a live URL in seconds. Your server, your domain, your storage.
One command
How it works
Three calls. Never half-live.
Create, upload, finalize. A site goes live only when finalize succeeds, so nobody ever sees a half-uploaded page.
02 / Upload
Files go direct
Bytes go straight to your storage over presigned URLs. They never pass through the server.
03 / Finalize
Flip it live
One atomic switch publishes the version. Every version is kept, so rollback is a pointer flip.
Self-host
Bring your own infra.
Pick where it runs. Every path serves the same sites from storage you control.
Auth model
Deliberately boring.
One bearer key guards publishing. You generate it. No accounts, no hosted control plane, no telemetry. Nothing phones home.
One static binaryGo stdlib only. Even S3 request signing is hand-rolled.
Your storageLocal disk, or any S3-compatible store. R2 is first-class.
Your domainPath URLs by default, or
{slug}.your-domain with wildcard DNS.Included
What a static host should do.
Versions & rollback
Every publish is immutable. Roll back to any of them.
Password sites
Lock a site behind a password with one flag.
Expiring sites
Set a TTL. Anonymous publishes expire in 24 hours.
SPAs & 404s
SPA fallback, custom 404.html, and directory listings.
Wasm & games
Correct application/wasm plus COOP and COEP headers.
Agent skill
Claude, Cursor, and other agents can publish to your instance.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
What is ownnow?
ownnow publishes a file or folder to a live URL on your own domain. It is one Go binary that runs on your server and keeps files in your storage. It is open source under the MIT license.
How is it different from here.now?
here.now is a hosted service. ownnow is software you run yourself, with no accounts, no hosted control plane, and no telemetry. Some here.now features, like email allowlists, analytics, and teams, are not built yet.
Can my AI agent publish to it?
Yes. The repo ships an agent skill for Claude, Cursor, and other agents. Set OWNNOW_SERVER and OWNNOW_API_KEY, then tell your agent “publish this”.
What does it cost to run?
The software is free. You pay for your own server and bandwidth. On Cloudflare, R2 has no egress fees and the serving Worker fits the free tier.
What can I publish?
Static files: HTML sites, images, PDFs, and any other file type. Single-page apps, custom 404 pages, and Wasm games work. ownnow does not run server-side code.
Do I need my own domain?
For public sites, yes. Point an A record at your server and Caddy handles TLS. Add wildcard DNS to give every site its own subdomain. For local work, the single binary runs on localhost.
How do updates and rollbacks work?
Publish again with the same slug to create a new version. Every version is kept, so a rollback switches back to an old one without uploading anything.
Who can publish to my server?
Anyone with your API key, and no one else. Without a key, the server runs in anonymous mode: sites expire after 24 hours and a claim token guards updates.