nibbly
The facts below are what the maker publishes about nibbly, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From nibbly's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Open Source | Free | Unlimited pages & languages · Inline editing and admin dashboard · All 11+ block types · News/blog · Image and audio management · GitHub community support · Free forever |
| Care Plan | €99 a month | Updates · Backup monitoring and verification · Up to 2 hours of content work per month · Theme tweaks · Email support with 24-hour response · € 99*/mo |
| Care Plan (annual) | €990 a year | Annual Care Plan; site keeps running if canceled · € 990/year |
| Starter Setup | €1,990, paid once | Existing design implemented as a theme · Server, domain, SSL and hosting setup · Up to 5 pages · 60-minute walkthrough · 30 days post-launch support · € 1,990 one-time |
| Full Service | €4,990, paid once | Concept and custom responsive design · Full theme implementation · Pages and content setup · Server, domain and SSL setup · 90-minute walkthrough · 60 days post-launch support · € 4,990 one-time |
The facts
Each one read from nibbly's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Backup integrations
- Documented remote backup targets include Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, SFTP/SCP, S3-compatible storage, and WebDAV.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Backups
- The CMS provides per-page JSON history, manual full-site ZIP backups, and scheduled backups that can upload to remote storage.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Editing and content
- Logged-in administrators can edit pages inline or in the dashboard, and the CMS supports 11 built-in section types.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Editorial workflows
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- JSON-backed forms can store submissions locally and send email through PHP mail() or SMTP.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Form protection
- Public contact forms use lazy loading, one-time server-generated tokens, minimum submit time, and a honeypot field without requiring a third-party tracking service.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Hosting requirements
- The documentation lists PHP 8.1 as the language minimum and Apache with mod_rewrite for production; it says no Composer or npm installation is required.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Intended use
- The maker describes nibbly as suited to small editorial sites and says it can run on shared hosting with PHP.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Languages
- nibbly supports multilingual content using separate per-language page files or nested language objects for shared content.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License and usage
- nibbly is released under MPL-2.0, and the pricing page says the software is free for personal, agency, client, and commercial projects.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Media library
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Multilingual content
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Pricing note
- The pricing page says listed prices exclude 20% VAT for EU customers unless a valid VAT ID allows reverse charge.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Product
- nibbly is a flat-file CMS written in PHP that lets users edit HTML and PHP pages in a browser and stores content as readable JSON files.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- The documentation describes bcrypt password hashes, HttpOnly and SameSite=Strict session cookies, CSRF tokens on POST requests, and upload validation.checked 11 Oct 2026
- SEO tools
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Platform type
- self_hostedchecked 23 Sep 2026
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