Datenstrom Yellow
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Datenstrom Yellow, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Datenstrom Yellow's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Datenstrom Yellow | Free | Open source; PHP 7.0 or higher; no database, app, or registration required; support not included |
| Free | Free | No paid tier listed · self-hosted software · No cost listed |
The facts
Each one read from Datenstrom Yellow's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API
- The PHP API exposes content, media, system settings, languages, users, extensions, lookup helpers, toolbox functions and the current page.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Audience
- The maker describes the product as particularly convenient for developers and designers.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Commercial use
- The maker states that both commercial and private use are allowed.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Developer tools
- The product information page lists a built-in web server, static generator and developer API.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Editing
- You can edit pages in a web browser or text editor and see browser edits immediately.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Extensibility
- Extensions can react to core, parsing, editing, command and update events and can add commands or content elements.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Extensions
- The official extension catalog lists more than 100 features, languages and themes.checked 15 Oct 2026
- File based
- Website content is organized in files and folders, with content stored in a content folder.checked 12 Oct 2026
- File-based storage
- Content, media and configuration are stored in ordinary folders and files rather than a database.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Formatting
- Markdown is supported for text formatting.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Hosting
- The maker lists Apache, Caddy, LiteSpeed, Nginx, and compatible web servers as supported.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Installation
- Installation consists of downloading one file, unzipping it and copying the files to a web server.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- An independent user reports using extensions for Google Calendar, Google Maps, Instagram and YouTube in addition to gallery and contact features.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Key features
- Official extensions include blogs, breadcrumbs, contact forms, browser editing, galleries, search, sitemaps, comments, feeds and static generation.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Languages
- The extension catalog lists 19 installation languages, including English, German, French, Spanish, Swedish and Japanese.checked 15 Oct 2026
- License
- The source code is licensed under GNU GPL version 2, with an additional restriction against proprietary source code and proprietary machine-learning datasets unless separately licensed.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: Markdown learning curve
- The independent French review says Markdown knowledge is essential and HTML/CSS knowledge is needed for customization.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: minimal administration
- The same review says Yellow has no dashboard or command panel and that several settings require editing files manually.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: navigation management
- The French test reports that newly created pages may require manually adding links and that blog editing can require FTP and a code editor.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: no WYSIWYG editor
- The French test reports that the built-in editor is Markdown-based and that a conventional visual WYSIWYG editor is not provided by default.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: project scale
- CMSstash places Yellow among flat-file systems aimed mainly at small projects and notes that larger, complex sites generally need more complex technologies.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Local development
- A local site can be run with the command php yellow.php serve.checked 15 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Browser editing
- Users can sign in through a web browser, edit pages and immediately view the result.checked 15 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
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