# FlatPress

Flat-file PHP blogging engine that stores its content in files instead of a database.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/flatpress/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-20
Listed since: 2026-10-19

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.flatpress.org
- repository: https://github.com/flatpressblog/flatpress
- docs: https://wiki.flatpress.org
- mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@flatpress
- forum: https://forum.flatpress.org

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Frank Hochmuth
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: cms
- hosting: php
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 7.2
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: flat-file
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: Smarty themes
- i18n: multiple interface languages

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: per-request
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: manual upload and web installer

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: GPL-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-03-24

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 216
- packagistDownloads: unknown
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 21
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://www.flatpress.org/ (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/flatpressblog/flatpress (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://wiki.flatpress.org (read 2026-10-20)
- language: https://github.com/flatpressblog/flatpress (read 2026-10-20)
- category: https://www.flatpress.org/ (read 2026-10-20)
- contentStore: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flatpressblog/flatpress/master/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- runtime: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flatpressblog/flatpress/master/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- runtimeMin: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flatpressblog/flatpress/master/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- runsAs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flatpressblog/flatpress/master/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flatpressblog/flatpress/master/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- templating: https://www.flatpress.org/ (read 2026-10-20)
- i18n: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flatpressblog/flatpress/master/README.md (read 2026-10-20)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flatpressblog/flatpress/master/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-20)
- maintainer: https://www.flatpress.org/imprint (read 2026-10-20)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/flatpressblog/flatpress/releases/latest (read 2026-10-20)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/flatpressblog/flatpress/releases/latest (read 2026-10-20)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/flatpressblog/flatpress (read 2026-10-20)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/flatpressblog/flatpress/contributors?per_page=1&anon=true (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://www.flatpress.org/ (read 2026-10-20)
- wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61735310 (read 2026-10-20)

## Notes

FlatPress is a blogging engine written in PHP. It stores all content in files, so it needs no database, and it runs on any web server with PHP. Installation is a manual upload followed by the web installer. Themes use Smarty templates. The project's [wiki](https://wiki.flatpress.org) is its documentation, and it also lists [plugins](http://wiki.flatpress.org/res:plugins).

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