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danpros/htmly

Simple and fast databaseless PHP blogging platform, and Flat-File CMS

PHP

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1,741 commits

updated Jan 25, 2026

www.htmly.com

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HTMLy, simple and fast databaseless PHP blogging platform

2

Dec 28, 2023

I like your blog setup.I use HTMLy for mine. Though the recent iteration seems to have a few bugs i need to go back and fix (im not the creator of HTMLy, but i like the fact that its all php and .md files, not database etc) I cant bring myself to talk about much more than stuff i build or do in…

on Why I Blog

0

May 12, 2023

Mine is self-hosted: https://padiracinnovation.org/News It is hosted on a 5 years old laptop that is connected to the home LAN. The home modem (Orange Livebox) and the 24Mbits VDSL connection seems to bear the load nicely. So far (two years ) it has been rock solid, no accidental down time. The…

on What Happened to Self-Hosted Blogs? (2018)

0

Apr 22, 2020

Databaseless Blogging Platform (Flat-File Blog)

3

Mar 4, 2014

README

HTMLy logo

HTMLy is an open source databaseless blogging platform prioritizes simplicity and speed written in PHP.

It uses a unique algorithm to find or list any content based on date, type, category, tag, or author, and it's performance remain fast even if we have ten thousand of posts and hundreds of tags.

Requirements

HTMLy requires PHP 7.2 or greater, PHP-Mbstring, PHP-XML, PHP-INTL, PHP-GD, and PHP-ZIP package for backup feature.

Installations

Install HTMLy using the source code:

  1. Download the latest version from the Github repo
  2. Upload and extract the zip file to your web server. You can upload it in the root directory, or in subdirectory such as htmly.
  3. Visit your domain. If you extract it in root directory visit https://www.example.com/install.php and if in subdirectory visit https://www.example.com/htmly/install.php.
  4. Follow the installer to install HTMLy.
  5. The installer will try to delete itself. Please delete the installer manually if the install.php still exist.

Note: If you don't need to log in to the dashboard, just rename config.ini.example to config.ini, delete install.php, and you are set. It's always good practice to set the site.url

Online install

Install HTMLy without downloading the source code and use the online installer:

  1. Download online-installer.php from the latest release
  2. If you upload it in root directory visit https://www.example.com/online-installer.php or if in subdirectory visit https://www.example.com/subdirectory/online-installer.php.
  3. Follow the installer to install HTMLy.
  4. Please delete the installer manually if the online-installer.php and install.php still exist.

Configurations

Set written permission for the cache and content directories.

Users assigned with the admin role can edit/delete all users posts.

To access the admin panel, add /login to the end of your site's URL. e.g. www.yoursite.com/login

Resources

Contribute

  1. Fork and edit
  2. Submit pull request for consideration

Contributors

Thank you to our contributors

Sponsors

Support this project by becoming a sponsor

Copyright / License

For copyright notice please read COPYRIGHT.txt. HTMLy is licensed under the GNU General Public License Version 2.0 (or later).

blog
blog-engine
cms
flat-file
htmly
markdown
php
website

Project health

Overall

3.9/10

Maintained

0/10

Code review

10/10
OpenSSF Scorecard

Significant stargazers

Aaron Parecki

2,056 followers · starred Mar 2014

Julian Weiland

23 followers · starred Mar 2014

Taufik Nurrohman

175 followers · starred Feb 2014

Garrett Guillotte

4 followers · starred Aug 2015

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danpros/htmly

Simple and fast databaseless PHP blogging platform, and Flat-File CMS

PHP

1,364

1,741 commits

updated Jan 25, 2026

www.htmly.com

See the code

See what people are saying

SourceMessageScoreDate

HTMLy, simple and fast databaseless PHP blogging platform

2

Dec 28, 2023

I like your blog setup.I use HTMLy for mine. Though the recent iteration seems to have a few bugs i need to go back and fix (im not the creator of HTMLy, but i like the fact that its all php and .md files, not database etc) I cant bring myself to talk about much more than stuff i build or do in…

on Why I Blog

0

May 12, 2023

Mine is self-hosted: https://padiracinnovation.org/News It is hosted on a 5 years old laptop that is connected to the home LAN. The home modem (Orange Livebox) and the 24Mbits VDSL connection seems to bear the load nicely. So far (two years ) it has been rock solid, no accidental down time. The…

on What Happened to Self-Hosted Blogs? (2018)

0

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3

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README

HTMLy logo

HTMLy is an open source databaseless blogging platform prioritizes simplicity and speed written in PHP.

It uses a unique algorithm to find or list any content based on date, type, category, tag, or author, and it's performance remain fast even if we have ten thousand of posts and hundreds of tags.

Requirements

HTMLy requires PHP 7.2 or greater, PHP-Mbstring, PHP-XML, PHP-INTL, PHP-GD, and PHP-ZIP package for backup feature.

Installations

Install HTMLy using the source code:

  1. Download the latest version from the Github repo
  2. Upload and extract the zip file to your web server. You can upload it in the root directory, or in subdirectory such as htmly.
  3. Visit your domain. If you extract it in root directory visit https://www.example.com/install.php and if in subdirectory visit https://www.example.com/htmly/install.php.
  4. Follow the installer to install HTMLy.
  5. The installer will try to delete itself. Please delete the installer manually if the install.php still exist.

Note: If you don't need to log in to the dashboard, just rename config.ini.example to config.ini, delete install.php, and you are set. It's always good practice to set the site.url

Online install

Install HTMLy without downloading the source code and use the online installer:

  1. Download online-installer.php from the latest release
  2. If you upload it in root directory visit https://www.example.com/online-installer.php or if in subdirectory visit https://www.example.com/subdirectory/online-installer.php.
  3. Follow the installer to install HTMLy.
  4. Please delete the installer manually if the online-installer.php and install.php still exist.

Configurations

Set written permission for the cache and content directories.

Users assigned with the admin role can edit/delete all users posts.

To access the admin panel, add /login to the end of your site's URL. e.g. www.yoursite.com/login

Resources

Contribute

  1. Fork and edit
  2. Submit pull request for consideration

Contributors

Thank you to our contributors

Sponsors

Support this project by becoming a sponsor

Copyright / License

For copyright notice please read COPYRIGHT.txt. HTMLy is licensed under the GNU General Public License Version 2.0 (or later).

blog
blog-engine
cms
flat-file
htmly
markdown
php
website

Project health

Overall

3.9/10

Maintained

0/10

Code review

10/10
OpenSSF Scorecard

Significant stargazers

Aaron Parecki

2,056 followers · starred Mar 2014

Julian Weiland

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Taufik Nurrohman

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Garrett Guillotte

4 followers · starred Aug 2015

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