HTMLy

What it does

Authentication and spam protection

The v2.9.9 release notes list per-user TOTP multi-factor authentication and Cloudflare Turnstile as an alternative to Google reCAPTCHA.checked 12 Oct 2026

Built-in features

Listed features include archives, categories, tags, sitemap, popular posts, scheduled posts, custom fields, two-factor authentication, a menu editor, full-text search, and one-click updates.checked 12 Oct 2026

Content browsing

It can find or list content by date, type, category, tag, or author.checked 12 Oct 2026

Content management

HTMLy supports both web-based and filesystem-based content management.checked 12 Oct 2026

Hosting

The documentation says shared or free hosting can work if the host supports PHP 7.2 or higher, and that a VPS is not required.checked 12 Oct 2026

Maintainer

DanPros identifies danpros as HTMLy's founder and maintainer.checked 12 Oct 2026

Post scheduling

Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026

Privacy

The v3.1.0 release notes say local sources for fonts and other assets were added for GDPR compliance in the dashboard/admin area and included themes.checked 12 Oct 2026

Product

HTMLy is an open-source, database-free PHP blogging platform and flat-file CMS.checked 12 Oct 2026

Requirements

Requirements include a web server, PHP 7.2 or higher, and PHP-XML, PHP-ZIP, PHP-INTL, PHP-Mbstring, and PHP-GD packages.checked 12 Oct 2026

Scale

The site says HTMLy can remain fast with ten thousand posts and hundreds of tags.checked 12 Oct 2026

Security

The homepage says new features are added to the core and go through a security audit.checked 12 Oct 2026

Support

The site links to documentation and a GitHub forum, and invites users to support development through GitHub, Ko-fi, Patreon, or PayPal.checked 12 Oct 2026

Theme customization

custom codechecked 21 Sep 2026

Themes

The site lists themes including Casper, Clean Blog, Doks, Fairy, Gridzone, Ignite, Independent Publisher, Journal, Moth, Occasio, Papermod, and Vapor; themes must be uploaded and extracted manually.checked 12 Oct 2026