Chyrp Lite
Extra-awesome, extra-lightweight blog engine.
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Still maintained? Yes: 21 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v2026.02.02 (Aug 2026).
Comparisons in Blogging Platforms: WordPress.com alternatives.
At a glance
Chyrp Lite quick facts
- Health score
- 70/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 498
- Last commit
- 3 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v2026.02.02, Aug 2026
- Licence
- BSD-3-Clause
Top alternatives to Chyrp Lite
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Chyrp Lite makes it possible to host a blog on your own web server with minimal fuss. You can have a traditional blog, a tumbleblog, or you can add oodles of customisation and build a general-purpose web publishing platform with blogging features on the side. You get six beautiful blog themes and a friendly administration console, all fully navigable on a broad range of devices, thanks to the power of responsive HTML5."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Chyrp Lite scores 70/100, #7 of 15 in Blogging Platforms: 21 commits in the last 90 days earn 24.5 of 35 points, the latest release (v2026.02.02, 3 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 498 stars add 10.8 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 10.5 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 24.5 / 35
21 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v2026.02.02 released 3 months ago
- Stars 10.8 / 20
498 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 21
- Last 90 days
- 337
- Last 12 months
- 3 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #7 of 15 tools in Blogging Platforms by health , between Mataroa (#6) and Serendipity (#8) .
Details
| Licence | BSD-3-Clause |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | v2026.02.02 · 3 months ago |
| Stars | 498 |
| Open issues | 7 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | xenocrat/chyrp-lite ↗ |
Chyrp Lite vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Chyrp Lite (Blogging Platforms), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fx | 90 | 335 | MIT | 5 days ago |
| WriteFreely | 85 | 5.3k | AGPL-3.0 | 4 days ago |
| Chyrp Lite (this tool) | 70 | 498 | BSD-3-Clause | 3 days ago |
| Serendipity | 50 | 229 | BSD-3-Clause | 2 months ago |
| PluXml | 46 | 233 | GPL-3.0 | 1 month ago |
| HTMLy | 39 | 1.4k | GPL-2.0 | 9 months ago |
Chyrp Lite: common questions
Is Chyrp Lite still maintained?
Chyrp Lite had 21 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 3 days ago; the latest tagged release, v2026.02.02, is from 3 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.