PubPub
The facts below are what the maker publishes about PubPub, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From PubPub's own pricing page, checked 21 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | All PubPub features are available for free |
| Independent | Free | Anyone can start a community for free; contribution optional |
| PubPub Platform hosting and support | $3,500 a year | Hosting and support; communities able to pay are asked to contribute this fee, with budget-based options available · $3500 annually |
The facts
Each one read from PubPub's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API and support
- The PubPub repository links to API documentation and directs users to its discussion forum for help and feedback.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Audience
- PubPub is described as suitable for communities creating web-native content and collaborating on publishing, including journals, books, repositories, and blogs.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Blog analytics
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Collaboration
- The homepage describes real-time co-author editing and assigning roles during collaboration.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Export formats
- PubPub lists export to PDF, Word, Markdown, LaTeX, JATS XML, and other formats.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Import formats
- The homepage lists Word, XML, LaTeX, and Markdown among supported import formats.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integration limits
- The help page says PubPub supports commonly used academic infrastructure and that this support is typically not customizable.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- PubPub says it supports Crossref DOI depositing, Google Scholar sitemaps, Highwire, Zotero, and Mendeley metadata out of the box.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Login
- Knowledge Futures says PubPub login supports GitHub and ORCID providers and that institutional single sign-on is being enabled by its centralized login foundation.checked 12 Oct 2026
- PDF and XML caveat
- The help page says automated PDF and JATS XML versions function well in most cases but are not perfect, and highly customized outputs may require other tools.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Publishing features
- The homepage lists Crossref DOI generation, submissions and peer review, discussions and annotations, access control, and customizable layouts.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security and infrastructure
- Knowledge Futures says PubPub is fully containerized and runs as a Docker swarm stack on cloud- or hardware-agnostic servers.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting
- Knowledge Futures says self-hosting PubPub Legacy is feasible through Docker workflows, though it still depends on external services such as AWS or Firebase.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Theme customization
- custom codechecked 21 Sep 2026
- What it does
- PubPub is an open-source, community-led publishing platform for knowledge communities.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
The company
- Maker
- PubPub is a product of Knowledge Futures, which describes itself as an independent nonprofit founded in 2018 as a partnership between MIT Media Lab and MIT Press.checked 12 Oct 2026
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