Glitch

From IndieWeb

Glitch was a service (shutdown 2025-07-08) that allowed people to quickly create static and NodeJS applications in a browser or by importing a git repo. It allowed you to quickly prototype web applications in a complete IDE with built-in version control, sharing, custom domain support, and more.

It worked similar to a CodePen or Gist but it allows you to write a Node.js-based server to complement the front end.

Why

Glitch was an advocate of IndieWeb principles and methods and features such as:

How To

Alternatives to Glitch

2025-07-02 Jenn Schiffer: my official list of post-glitch.com hosting options (archived)

IndieWeb Examples

All examples are past examples as of 2025-07-08.

Other examples:

Other Uses

Glitch is a common enough word that it has been used to mean other things:

Shutdown

Glitch shut down project hosting and user profiles on 2025-07-08.

Retrospectives

Criticism

See Also