The Latest as an AnnounceKit alternative
If what you need is a place to publish release notes — not a suite around them — this page describes a smaller way to do it.
They solve different problems
Release-note tools in this category tend to grow: segmentation, in-app widgets, analytics on who read what. The Latest deliberately stops at the page. You write a post, it appears on your page, your RSS feed and your embed, and nothing follows the person reading it.
That trade is the point rather than a gap: not measuring your readers means published pages carry no cookies and nothing that follows them around, which is also why they load as fast as they do.
When a standalone announcement page is the better fit
- You publish release notes and want them public, fast and findable in search
- You would rather not add tracking to the people reading your updates
- One page, one price, and no per-seat maths is the shape you are after
What The Latest does
| What you need | The Latest |
|---|---|
| Publish an update | Write, hit publish — the page and the feed update immediately |
| A public page for your updates | your-name.thelatest.page — a public page search engines can read |
| Let readers subscribe | RSS feed on every page, no setup |
| Show the latest posts on your own site | One line to paste. It can’t disturb the design around it |
| Pull your updates into something else | A public API to pull from, no export request needed |
| Keep visitors untracked | No cookies, nothing following your readers |
| Cost | Free to start (20 latest posts), $8 a month for Pro |
This table describes our side only. Features and pricing elsewhere change often, so check directly before you decide.
Trying it out
Paste your last release into the editor and look at the page it makes. If it is not enough, you have lost ten minutes.