What SpaceClub is, and why no lock-in matters
Most website builders keep your site on their platform. SpaceClub sites are files you own, with the modern features built in.
When you build a website on most hosted platforms, the site lives inside their system. Your pages, your design and often your content can't easily come with you. If prices go up or features go away, the choice is to pay or start again.
We think a website should work the other way around.
Your site is your files
Every SpaceClub site is a folder of plain files in a Git repository that belongs to you. Pages, posts and events are Markdown. Settings are one JSON file. Anyone with a bit of web knowledge can read them, and any host that serves static files can run them.
That gives you a few things for free:
- A full history. Every change is saved, with who made it and when.
- Easy moves. Change host, change developer, or take it in-house, and the site comes with you.
- No surprises. The platform is open source (GPL), so nobody can take it away.
But still easy to edit
Owning your files shouldn't mean editing code. Spacedash, SpaceClub's editor, runs in the browser at your site's /admin. You write, add photos and press save, like any site builder. Behind the scenes it saves to your repository.
And up to date
Owning your site also shouldn't mean falling behind. SpaceClub sites come with the standards we think every site should have:
- RSS feeds, so people can follow you without a social network deciding what they see
- Search across the whole site
- WebMCP, so AI agents in the browser can use your site properly (more on that here)
- llms.txt for AI tools
- Analytics you own, with Matomo instead of an ad company
Want to see it running? Every site on our work page is a SpaceClub site.