Chyrp Lite
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What it does
- Accessibility
- The site says its responsive HTML5 uses semantic markup and ARIA labels to support visitors using assistive technologies.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Blog analytics
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Bundled capabilities
- Bundled modules include comments with webmention support, a Content Security Policy header, spam prevention, tagging, and a sitemap generator.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Bundled functionality
- Bundled modules include tagging, comments with Webmention support, caching, a content security policy header, spam prevention, and migration tools for WordPress, MovableType, TextPattern, and Tumblr.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Content types
- Feathers support text, quotes, links, audio, photos, uploads, and video, while Pages can publish content separately from blog posts.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Development
- The project says it has been in development since 2014 and is actively maintained and updated regularly.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Import integrations
- The bundled Migration Assistant enables importing from WordPress, MovableType, TextPattern, and Tumblr.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Installation
- Installation requires downloading the release, uploading it to a web server, and running install.php in a browser.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Intended hosting
- The project says it is suited to a typical shared hosting environment.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Permissions
- Administrators can assign users to groups with different abilities, and posts can be restricted to specific groups.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Post scheduling
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Product
- Chyrp Lite is an ultra-lightweight blogging engine written in PHP for hosting a blog on your own web server.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Project history
- The site says Chyrp Lite has been in development since 2014 and is actively maintained and updated regularly.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Publishing
- It supports traditional blogs, tumbleblogs, and customizable web publishing sites with blogging features.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Publishing formats
- It supports traditional blogs, tumbleblogs, and customizable web publishing, with Feathers for different content types and Pages for separate articles.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Chyrp Lite is a PHP blogging engine for hosting a blog on your own web server.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security controls
- A bundled Content Security Policy module adds a strict Content-Security-Policy header to the blog.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Server requirements
- The documented requirements include PHP 8.1 or later, Multibyte String, PDO, cURL, and MySQL 5.7 or later, SQLite 3 or later, or PostgreSQL 10 or later.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project invites questions and feedback through GitHub Discussions and issue reports.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Theme customization
- custom codechecked 21 Sep 2026
- Themes and administration
- The site says it includes six themes and an administration console navigable on a broad range of devices.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Themes and extensions
- It includes six themes and supports modules, feathers, themes, and translations, with users also able to create their own extensions.checked 12 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2014checked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
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