From the Blog

From the Blog

Get the latest news from Documenso, including

product updates, team announcements and more!

Get the latest news from Documenso, including product updates, team announcements and more!

Dec 18, 2024

December 15th Formatting Incident

TLDR: We fixed an issue relating to document signature formatting. No data or signatures were compromised in any way. We corrected all affected documents. You may receive completed documents again. All downloads going forward will display as expected.

Timur Ercan

Co-Founder

Security

Dec 5, 2024

Platform Plan Launch: Signing Worth Embedding

We are launching a new platform oriented plan. It includes whitelabeled embedding and branded emails.

Timur Ercan

Co-Founder

Platform

Launch

Embedding

Nov 8, 2024

Project Babel

We are announcing Project Babel - an initiative to support all languages of the world on Documenso.

Timur Ercan

Co-Founder

Languages

Community

Open Source

Oct 11, 2024

Cal.com Chooses Documenso for DPA and BAA Scalability and Compliance

Learn how Cal.com scales their Data Processing Agreement (DPA) and Business Associate Agreement (BAA) processes with Documenso’s open source platform as they grow.

Timur Ercan

Co-Founder

Customer Story

Open Startup

Open Source

Oct 3, 2024

Go Fork Yourself

Curious about our take on open-source and code forking? Discover why we see forking not as a threat but as a vital part of the Open Source ecosystem.

Timur Ercan

Co-Founder

Culture

Open Startup

Open Source

Sep 26, 2024

Customer Story Prisma: 4 Reasons why Prisma chose Documenso for Signatures

We are happy to welcome Prisma, another OSS company, as a customer. Read here why they choose us.

Timur Ercan

Co-Founder

Prisma

Customer Story

Open Source

Sep 6, 2024

Introducing Embedding Support for Documenso

Embedding is now here! Learn how we built it and how it can be used to bring e-signing to your own applications.

Lucas Smith

Co-Founder

Development

Aug 9, 2024

Enhancing Document Signing: Introducing 5 New Advanced Fields

Explore Documenso's new advanced signing fields, including improved text fields, numbers, radio buttons, checkboxes, and dropdowns. Learn about the development challenges we overcame and how these additions provide greater flexibility for document signing.

Catalin Pit

Software Engineer

Signing fields

Development

Jul 23, 2024

Creating an Efficient Statement of Work Approval Process with Documenso

Submitting statements of work can be a drag on morale and project efficiency. Let's look at how to create a modern, low-friction workflow for this.

Timur Ercan

Co-Founder

Freelancer

Statement of Work

Productivity

Jul 18, 2024

21 CFR Part 11 is here, and so is Vial.com

We launched Vial.com with a 21 CFR Part 11 compliant setup. Reach out if 21 CFR Part 11 compliance is among your needs.

Timur Ercan

Co-Founder

Vial.com

21 CFR Part 11

Compliance

Jul 4, 2024

Top 3 Signing Efficiency Hacks for Freelancers

Streamlining signing contracts and paperwork is crucial for freelancers looking to save time and focus on their business. Take a look at these 3 tips on how Documenso can help you.

Timur Ercan

Co-Founder

Productivity

Zapier

Direct Links

Jul 1, 2024

Documenso Profiles Are Here

Today, we are launching Documenso Profiles, a new way to let your peers sign your documents.

Timur Ercan

Co-Founder

Announcement

Direct Links

Profiles

Jun 27, 2024

How to Sign an NDA online (fast)

Signing an NDA with Documenso direct links is amazingly fast. Let’s look at how to make it even faster.

Timur Ercan

Co-Founder

NDA

Direct Links

Productivity

Jun 20, 2024

How Documenso Enhances Contract Management for Freelancers, Helping Them Close More Clients Efficiently

Making it easy for the customer to sign the contract after they say yes is critical. Let take a look how Documenso can help.

Timur Ercan

Co-Founder

Freelancer

Proposal

Productivity

Jun 17, 2024

Launching Direct Links

Today, we are launching direct links to templates, a new and async way to get documents signed.

Timur Ercan

Co-Founder

Announcement

Direct Links

Profiles

Jun 14, 2024

How Documenso Helps Freelancers Close More Clients Efficiently

Reducing friction when sending proposals is critical to closing new clients. By using Documenso, freelancers can save time, enhance client interactions, and ultimately close more deals efficiently.

Timur Ercan

Co-Founder

Freelancer

Proposal

Productivity

Jun 12, 2024

Sunsetting the Early Adopters Plan

We reached or Early Adopter cap and not transition to our regular pricing 🎉

Timur Ercan

Co-Founder

Early Adopters

Pricing

Open Startup

Apr 5, 2024

Building Documenso — Part 2: Signature Validity

Is a signature valid? And what does that mean? It's a surprisingly complex question; let's take a look.

Timur Ercan

Co-Founder

Document Signature

Certificates

Signing

Mar 8, 2024

Building the Documenso Public API - The Why and How

This article talks about the need for the public API and the process of building it. It also discusses the requirements we had to meet and the constraints we had to work within.

Catalin Pit

Software Engineer

Development

API

Mar 7, 2024

Embracing the Future and Moving Back Again: From Server Actions to tRPC

This article talks about the need for the public API and the process of building it. It also talks about the requirements, constraints, challenges and lessons learnt from building it.

Lucas Smith

Co-Founder

Development

Mar 1, 2024

Launch Week II - Day 5 - Documenso Profiles

Documenso profiles allow you to send signing links to people so they can sign anytime and see who you are. Documenso Profile Usernames can be claimed starting today. Long ones free, short ones paid. Profiles will launch as soon as they are shiny.

Timur Ercan

Co-Founder

Launch Week

Profiles

Feb 29, 2024

Launch Week II - Day 4 - Webhooks and Zapier

If you want to integrate Documenso without fiddling with the API, we got you as well. You can now integrate Documenso via Zapier, included in all plans!

Timur Ercan

Co-Founder

Launch Week

Zapier

Webhooks

Feb 28, 2024

Launch Week II - Day 3 - API

Documenso's mission is to create a plattform developers all around the world can build upon. Today we are releasing the first version of our public API, included in all plans!

Timur Ercan

Co-Founder

Launch Week

API

Feb 27, 2024

Launch Week II - Day 2 - Templates

Templates help you prepare regular documents faster. And you can share them with your team!

Timur Ercan

Co-Founder

Launch Week

Templates

Feb 26, 2024

Launch Week II - Day 1 - Teams

Teams for Documenso are here. And they come free for early adopters!

Timur Ercan

Co-Founder

Launch Week

Teams

Early Adopter Perks

Feb 6, 2024

Why I started Documenso

I started Documenso because I wanted to build a modern tech company in a growing space with a mission bigger than money, I overpaid for a SSL cert 13 years ago, like encryption and want to help make the internet/ world more open.

Timur Ercan

Co-Founder

Founders

Mission

Open Source

Jan 25, 2024

Commodifying Signing

We are creating signing as a public good and are commoditizing it to make it cheaper and better.

Timur Ercan

Co-Founder

Vision

Mission

Open Source

Jan 17, 2024

Jan 10th Email Provider Security Incident

On January 10th, 2022, we were notified by our email provider that they had experienced a security incident.

Timur Ercan

Co-Founder

Security

Jan 10, 2024

Moving from Linear to GitHub & LIVE Roadmap 2.0

We are leaving linear and are going all in on GitHub. Here is how we do it.

Timur Ercan

Co-Founder

GitHub

Backlog

Roadmap

Sep 29, 2023

The 🔴 LIVE Roadmap

It's the Launch Week Day finale, Day 5! We are going out with a bang and introducing the 🔴 LIVE roadmap, featuring our next Product Hunt Launch - Free Singleplayer Documenso - Sign without creating an account!

Timur Ercan

Co-Founder

Free Plans

Launch

Roadmap

Sep 28, 2023

The Early Adopters Plan

Launch Week Day 4 and we are still early! Early enough for you to get a sweet deal for supporting Documenso's Mission. Join the movement and get a shiny early adopter account in the process.

Timur Ercan

Co-Founder

Paid Plan

Metrics

Open Startup

Sep 27, 2023

Merch Mania

Happy Launch Week Day 3. The limited edition "Malfunction Mania" shirt is here. Grab it, while you can.

Timur Ercan

Co-Founder

Merch

Rewrite

Bounties

Sep 26, 2023

Announcing Malfunction Mania

Launch Week Day 2 Y'all! We're getting ready to release Documenso 1.0! Join in on the fun of making sure the open-source alternative to DocuSign is on point. We're calling a 'MALFUNCTION MANIA.'

Timur Ercan

Co-Founder

Testing

Rewrite

Bounties

Sep 25, 2023

Open Sourcing Documenso's Design

It's day 1 of our first launch week. We are kicking it off by open sourcing Documenso's design system! Let's go..

Timur Ercan

Co-Founder

Design

Open Source

Self Hosting

Sep 8, 2023

Deploying Documenso with Vercel, Supabase and Resend

This is the first part of the new Building Documenso series, where I describe the challenges and design choices that we make while building the world’s most open signing platform.

Ephraim Duncan

Software Engineer

Open Source

Self Hosting

Tutorial

Aug 21, 2023

Preview the next Documenso

We're redesigning Documenso by making it more elegant and appropriately playful. Here's a sneak peek.

Timur Ercan

Co-Founder

Design

Preview

Aug 17, 2023

Announcing Pre-Seed and Open Metrics

We are excited to report the closing of our Pre-Seed round. You can find the juicy details on our new /open page. Yes, it was signed using Documenso.

Timur Ercan

Co-Founder

Funding

Metrics

Open Startup

Aug 5, 2023

Why we're doing a rewrite

As we move beyond MVP and onto creating the open signing infrastructure we all deserve we need to take a quick pit-stop.

Lucas Smith

Co-Founder

Community

Development

Aug 2, 2023

Switching to Discord

The Documenso community is growing and we feel the need to have a more community and developer-friendly environment. We're switching to Discord.

Flo Merian

Go-to-market

Announcement

Community

Jul 13, 2023

The Documenso Manifest

Signing documents is a fundamental building block of private, economic, and government interactions. Access to easy and secure signing to participate in society should therefore be a fundamental right for everyone. The technology to enable this should be accessible and widespread.

Timur Ercan

Co-Founder

Manifesto

Open Startup

Vision

Jun 23, 2023

Building Documenso — Part 1: Certificates

Let's take a look why you need a signing certificate and how Documenso does it.

Timur Ercan

Co-Founder

Open Source

Document Signature

Certificates

Signing

Dec 29, 2022

Announcing Documenso

Launching an open-source document signing tool because trusted-based products should be built on openness. The first release will be in 2023. Sign up at documenso.com to be on board.

Timur Ercan

Co-Founder

Announcement

Documenso

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