Changelog
What's new in Xem, newest first. Every entry links to the code that shipped it, on GitHub.
A click map for every campaign
Open a sent campaign to see the email as it went out, with each link coloured by how many people clicked it.
Pull request #104Overview counts every email
Sent, Opened and Clicked on the Overview now match the Email tab, including emails sent through the API.
Pull request #103Analytics and a click heatmap for newsletter websites
See views, visitors and where people click on your newsletter's website, without adding a script.
Pull request #101Research: email authentication across the top 10,000 websites
We checked SPF, DKIM and DMARC for the Tranco top 10,000 domains and published the results and the method.
Pull request #102
Admin API keys, with expiry you choose
Create API keys with full workspace access, and pick no expiry, 7 days, 30 days, 90 days or a year.
Pull request #98One-click DNS for GoDaddy, Cloudflare and Namecheap
Add your sending records with one click at your DNS provider, and see on the dashboard when sending is ready.
Pull request #97Ask Xem can do things, not only answer
Ask Xem drafts campaigns, finds contacts and reads your results, and changes nothing until you approve.
Pull request #96Campaign results on the campaign page
Each campaign's page shows how it did, and a campaign that hasn't gone out yet is labelled Scheduled.
Pull request #95Newsletter websites
Publish every issue on a website with 14 templates, email-confirmed signups and your own domain.
Pull request #92
Edit live automations safely
Changes to a running automation are saved as a draft and go live when you publish, with results for each step.
Pull request #68Automations on opens and clicks, and webhooks
Start an automation when someone opens or clicks, and get a webhook for every email event.
Pull request #61List cleanup
Readers who ignore your emails for a long time get one question. If they don't answer, Xem stops emailing them.
Pull request #59Opens and clicks from people, not link scanners
Security scanners that open and click every link are left out of your stats.
Pull request #58Bot protection for signup forms
Public signup forms turn away bots before they reach your list.
Pull request #57A new template library and an AI email designer
Start from a hand-built template, or describe the email you want and edit the design Xem makes.
Pull request #50Self-host Xem with one command
Run the whole of Xem on your own server with a single docker compose up.
Pull request #49A free email deliverability checker
Check any domain's MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records and get the exact record to fix each problem.
Pull request #46
Guides for switching to Xem
Step-by-step pages for moving from Mailchimp, beehiiv, Substack, Kit and others, with honest price comparisons.
Pull request #43Guided onboarding and a new dashboard
A checklist takes you from choosing how you send to your first campaign, on a redesigned dashboard.
Pull request #42
First campaigns go out in stages
A list's first campaign goes to a small group first, and the rest follows only if bounces stay low.
Pull request #26Pricing per email sent
Xem Cloud charges for the emails you send, not your list size. 3,000 emails a month are free.
Pull request #25