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# Notipo
**Open-source WordPress publishing for writers, developers, and AI agents.**
Write in a clean markdown editor, sync from Notion, or hit a REST API / CLI / MCP server — Notipo handles the full pipeline: markdown → Gutenberg conversion, image hosting in your WordPress media library, AI- or Unsplash-generated featured images, and Rank Math / Yoast / SEOPress / AIOSEO metadata applied automatically on publish.
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## Three ways to publish to WordPress
### 1. The built-in markdown editor
Distraction-free editor with toolbar shortcuts, slash commands, drag-and-drop images, and one-click publish. No Notion required.
### 2. From Notion
Connect Notion, change a page status to `Post to Wordpress` or `Publish`, and Notipo handles the rest — markdown extraction, image caching to WP media library, featured image generation, SEO metadata via Rank Math / Yoast / SEOPress / AIOSEO.
### 3. From an AI agent, REST API, CLI, or n8n workflow
Notipo exposes a **Model Context Protocol (MCP) server** with 13 tools for AI agents, plus a REST API and a CLI. Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Code, ChatGPT — any MCP-compatible agent can publish posts end-to-end.
```bash
# CLI: publish a post end-to-end
npm install -g notipo
notipo posts create --title "Why Every Dev Should Have a Blog" --publish
# REST API: one call runs the full pipeline
curl -X POST https://notipo.com/api/posts/create \
-H "X-API-Key: $NOTIPO_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"title":"Hello","body":"## Intro\n\nMarkdown in, WordPress out.","publish":true}'
```
```jsonc
// MCP: drop into Claude Desktop config
{
"mcpServers": {
"notipo": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://notipo.com/api/mcp",
"headers": { "x-api-key": "your-api-key" }
}
}
}
```
See **[notipo.com/ai-agents](https://notipo.com/ai-agents)** for the full AI-agent integration story.
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## Hosted SaaS vs. self-hosting
The **hosted version at [notipo.com](https://notipo.com)** is the supported, batteries-included product — managed infrastructure, automatic upgrades, instant Notion webhook delivery, and a free tier with 5 posts/month. Pro is $19/month for unlimited posts plus AI featured images.
This repository is the same code that runs the hosted product. **You can self-host it** under the AGPL-3.0 license — see [DEVELOPMENT.md](DEVELOPMENT.md) for the local dev story and [docker-compose.yml](docker-compose.yml) for production deployment with Traefik + Let's Encrypt.
Self-hosting is unsupported — no help beyond what's in this repo, no upgrade path. If you need any of those, [the hosted product](https://notipo.com) is faster, cheaper, and already running.
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## Tech stack
- **Backend:** Fastify, TypeScript, Prisma, PostgreSQL 17
- **Job queue:** [pg-boss](https://github.com/timgit/pg-boss) (Postgres-backed, no Redis)
- **Frontend (admin):** Next.js 16 + BlockNote editor + shadcn/ui + Tailwind
- **AI:** Google Gemini (featured images), [Model Context Protocol](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) (agent integration)
- **Other:** Sharp (images), Stripe (billing), Resend (transactional email), Sentry (errors), PostHog (product analytics), Notion SDK, WordPress REST API
- **CLI:** zero-dependency npm package, native fetch only
Monorepo (Turborepo + npm workspaces):
```
apps/
api/ — Fastify backend, MCP server, job workers
web/ — Next.js admin UI
packages/
cli/ — `notipo` npm package (MIT-licensed thin client)
shared/ — TypeScript types and enums
plugins/
notipo-seo/ — WordPress plugin for Yoast/AIOSEO metadata bridge
```
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## Quick start (self-host)
You'll need: Docker, Docker Compose, a domain pointed at your server, a Notion integration, and a WordPress site with [Application Passwords](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/application-passwords/) enabled (WP 5.6+).
```bash
git clone https://github.com/kfuras/notipo-app.git
cd notipo-app
cp apps/api/.env.example .env
# Edit .env — at minimum set DATABASE_URL, ENCRYPTION_KEY, API_KEY,
# DOMAIN, ACME_EMAIL, RESEND_API_KEY
docker compose up -d
```
The compose stack pulls multi-arch images (`linux/amd64` + `linux/arm64`) from
`ghcr.io/kfuras/notipo-api` and `ghcr.io/kfuras/notipo-web`, so it works on both
x86 servers and Apple Silicon / ARM hardware.
The compose stack starts Traefik + the API + admin UI + Postgres, with Let's Encrypt TLS on first run. See [docker-compose.yml](docker-compose.yml) for details.
For local development without Docker:
```bash
docker compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml up # Postgres only
npm install
npm run migrate -w @notipo/api
turbo dev # API on :3000, web on :3001
```
See [DEVELOPMENT.md](DEVELOPMENT.md) for the full development guide.
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## Documentation
- **API reference:** [notipo.com/docs/api/introduction](https://notipo.com/docs/api/introduction)
- **MCP server (13 tools):** [notipo.com/docs/api/mcp](https://notipo.com/docs/api/mcp)
- **CLI:** [notipo.com/docs/api/cli](https://notipo.com/docs/api/cli)
- **n8n integration:** [notipo.com/docs/api/n8n](https://notipo.com/docs/api/n8n)
- **All docs:** [notipo.com/docs](https://notipo.com/docs)
- **Architecture & development:** [DEVELOPMENT.md](DEVELOPMENT.md) and [.claude/CLAUDE.md](.claude/CLAUDE.md)
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## License
This project is licensed under the **GNU Affero General Public License v3.0** (AGPL-3.0) — see [LICENSE](LICENSE).
In plain English:
- ✅ You can use, modify, and self-host Notipo for any purpose, including commercial.
- ✅ You can fork it and contribute changes back.
- ⚠️ If you run a modified version as a hosted service, you must publish your modifications under the same license. This is the "Affero clause" — it closes the network-service loophole that plain GPL leaves open.
- ✅ The `notipo` CLI package is published to npm under MIT (it's just a thin API client wrapper).
- ✅ The `notipo-seo` WordPress plugin is published under MIT (compatible with WordPress's GPL ecosystem).
If you want to use Notipo's code in a proprietary hosted product without AGPL obligations, [open an issue](https://github.com/kfuras/notipo-app/issues/new) — commercial licensing may be available.
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## Contributing
PRs welcome. See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for guidelines and [CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) for community standards.
For security disclosures, see [SECURITY.md](SECURITY.md) — please don't open public issues for vulnerabilities.
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## Links
- **Hosted SaaS:** [notipo.com](https://notipo.com)
- **AI Agents:** [notipo.com/ai-agents](https://notipo.com/ai-agents)
- **Blog:** [notipo.com/blog](https://notipo.com/blog)
- **Twitter/X:** [@kjetilfuras](https://x.com/kjetilfuras)
