Zenix
Zenix is a sovereign personal programable web site for the web. Born out of years of experimenting with heavy content management systems and over-engineered note-taking platforms, Zenix brings back Tihnă (peace of mind). It unifies your digital garden, email newsletters, community comments, and dynamic scripting into a single, hyper-efficient, self-hosted binary.
Currently under heavy development. You may wish to use ZenDenPen for static website hosting in the meanwhile.
Open Source AGPL-3.0 licensed. Built with Go & SQLite.
The Suckless Architecture for Your Mind
In a world of bloated cloud runtimes and privacy-invasive tracking trackers, Zenix offers a quiet sanctuary for your thoughts and content. Please note that most features are currently work in progress. Looking for managed Zenix hosting? COntact us
Unified Content & Logic
Everything is a resource. In Zenix, blog posts, static pages, visual layout templates, and even executable server-side scripts are stored together seamlessly inside a single SQLite database table. Absolute simplicity.
Programmable via Zbor
Zenix features native integration with Zbor—a functional-first bytecode virtual machine. Need a contact form, a custom API endpoint, or an interactive tool? Write it directly inside your markdown frontmatter using Zbor logic.
Native Audience Sovereignty
Own your relationships. Zenix replaces heavy external platforms with a built-in, lightweight subscription and asynchronous mail queue system. Broadcast markdown-authored newsletters directly through your own SMTP configuration.
Safe, Zero-Dependency Interactions
Receive community engagement without the tracking. Zenix includes a local comment framework secured by an in-memory, zero-JS image Captcha system. No corporate cookies, no spam overflows, just authentic human feedback.
Implicit 1-Click Identity
Eliminate signup friction. When a reader subscribes or leaves a comment, Zenix implicitly generates a secure, verified background identity via cryptographic Magic Links. No passwords to remember, no bot registrations.
10/90 Pareto Performance
Engineered to deliver 90% of the functional value with 10% of the usual architectural fluff. Pages are pre-rendered and served straight from memory-cached SQLite rows, resulting in blazing fast speeds on minimalist hardware.
Flat & Flexible URL Routing
Structure your sites, courses, or digital gardens using flexible semantic tags and sections without tying your pages to rigid physical folder hierarchies. Move things around easily without ever breaking your public URLs.
Sell content access
A built in shop allows you to sell content access or downloadable products directly to your audience without relying on third party membership sytes which usually tax 10% of your income for this feature. Currently supporting stripe.
Pure Self-Hosted Freedom
Zero external dependencies. No complex Docker networks, no Node_modules nightmares. Zenix compiles into a single standalone binary that runs beautifully on anything from a home-hosted Raspberry Pi to a $5 Linux / FreeBSD VPS.