FlatPress
A lightweight, easy-to-set-up flat-file blogging engine.
Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.
Commit activity more than 76% of tracked projects; popularity more than 12%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 215 |
|---|---|
| Latest release | 1.5.1 · 24 Mar 2026 |
| Repo updated | 8 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Built with | PHP |
Is FlatPress actively maintained?
FlatPress is under active development: 824 commits landed over the last 11 months, averaging roughly 47 commits a month in the most recent quarter.
The most recent tagged release, 1.5.1, is about 6 months old.
FlatPress ranks #5 of 14 in Blogging Platforms, placing it mid-table for maintenance activity.
What FlatPress actually does
FlatPress is a blogging engine that stores all content directly in flat files rather than a traditional relational database. It provides a straightforward interface for publishing posts and managing content without the overhead of complex database administration. Being built with PHP, it can be hosted on modest server hardware.
Best fit: A good fit if you want a minimalist, self-hosted publishing platform for a personal journal or simple blog without managing a database backend.
Worth knowing: It relies on flat files for storage, which can become a bottleneck or difficult to query efficiently as your content archive grows significantly.
Deployment notes
You will typically need a standard web server like Apache or Nginx configured with a PHP runtime and persistent storage for the file-based database.
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