About Tailspace.com
Content policy
At Tailspace.com we only host content that is already publicly available, and we remove anything an artist asks us to take down. As one of the primary homes for furry comics, we believe artists gain real exposure here: every artist page links out to all the profiles we can find for them. We also keep a soft quality bar, so not just any comic is accepted — censored comics, comics in foreign languages, and poorly drawn comics are all turned away. Underage and fully AI-generated content is never allowed.
Technology
Our current tech stack is an exciting one: the whole site runs on the edge via Cloudflare. The front-end and back-end are built together with React Router (the framework that grew out of Remix.js), hosted on Cloudflare Pages, so every page is server-side rendered at blazing speed. The database is Cloudflare D1, an edge SQL database, and file storage is Cloudflare R2. All served, naturally, through Cloudflare's global CDN.
Alongside the edge pieces above, we run an image processing service that handles image processing on upload, since that's awkward to do on the edge. This is running as a siple Express/Node.js service, on a Cloudflare Container.
History
Tailspace.com has had four versions over the years.
First version: 2016-2020
The first version was a simple site built with Angular.js (v1.6). The API (Express/Node.js), database (MySQL), and file storage all lived on a single VM — no containers. It wasn't very reliable, but that came with the territory: the site started out as a side project, and the developer was learning by doing, with no prior experience.
Screenshots from v1
Unfortunately, no screenshots of the mod panel were saved.
1 / 9V1 landing page
Second version: 2020-2025
The second version was a complete rewrite that brought a lot more features. The advertising system was introduced here, and the mod panel was massively extended. It also marked a change in visual identity, moving from the old gray-and-pink look to something close to today's green palette - though this one also had blue as a secondary color.
The front-end was built with Vue.js (Vue 2), while the API stayed on Express/Node.js and the database on MySQL — though everything now moved to Google Cloud, file storage included. The site was containerized with Docker, and the front-end was split into three separate web apps on their own subdomains: the main site, the advertising portal, and the mod panel.
Screenshots from v2
1 / 19Main site, light mode
V2 Mod panel video demo
Click the button to load a quick video demo of this version's mod panel.
Third version: Early 2025 - Mid-2026
The third version was once again a complete rewrite. The tech stack is the same edge stack as the current v4 version described above. Its headline addition was the full contributions system: previously, users could only suggest comics by name and links, or propose tag changes — a tiny fraction of the ways they can pitch in today. A new minimal landing page made the most useful links easier to find, rather than dropping everyone straight onto the comic browse page like before. V3 also replaced the old 1–10 ratings with a simpler 1–3 star scale. Bookmarking comics and saving pages arrived here too, along with a simple notifications pop-up for saved comic page updates. Messaging between users was added in this version. And once again the mod panel was overhauled — from usable to genuinely delightful and powerful - and mobile friendly. Roughly two thirds of development time went into this mod panel, because in the end, mods are the backbone of this site.
The goal of the rewrite was to make future development as fast and enjoyable as possible on modern, scalable technology — and to cut costs, since Google Cloud (like AWS, Azure, and the rest) is expensive at this scale.
You can see the end state of v3's design below. However, initially, v3 had a similar design language to v2 as far as UI elements and colors went. Mid-way, we changed it to a softer, more modern look, and fully adopted our current green colors.
Screenshots from v3
1 / 15The minimal landing page, new in v3
V3 Mod panel video demo
Click the button to load a quick video demo of this version's mod panel.
Fourth version: 2026-present
The fourth version is the first that isn't a technical rewrite — and that's the whole point. The v3 rewrite was meant to make development fast and enjoyable, and v4 is the proof: a sweeping set of new features built directly on top of the existing edge stack, no teardown required. Despite not changing the tech stack, pretty much every part of the site was redesigned and re-written. The arrival of AI coding tools made this possible on a much larger scale and much faster than before.
It also brings a new name. The site you may have known as Yiffer.xyz is now Tailspace.com — a fresh identity for a project that has grown well beyond a simple comic archive.
The headline feature is verified creators. Artists can now claim or create their own profile, get a permanent public page, and manage everything themselves from a dedicated creator dashboard. They can publish posts — text, images, video, and polls — and share comic updates that land in their followers' feeds and notifications. Any logged-in user can follow their favorite artists for free and catch everything new in a personalized feed. Verified creators can also manage their own comics directly, including reordering pages, scheduling releases, and editing details, without waiting on mod review.
Thanks for your curiosity about the site!