FlatPress
A lightweight, easy-to-set-up flat-file blogging engine.
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Still maintained? Yes: 97 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 1.5.1 (Mar 2026).
Comparisons in Blogging Platforms: WordPress.com alternatives.
At a glance
FlatPress quick facts
- Health score
- 77/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 218
- Last commit
- 2 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 1.5.1, Mar 2026
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "FlatPress is a lightweight, easy-to-set-up blogging engine. Plain and simple, just PHP. No database needed!"
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
FlatPress scores 77/100, #5 of 15 in Blogging Platforms: 97 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (1.5.1, 7 months ago) earns 23.1 of 25, 218 stars add 9.4 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 star count, worth 10.6 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
97 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 23.1 / 25
1.5.1 released 7 months ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 9.4 / 20
218 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 97
- Last 90 days
- 819
- Last 12 months
- 2 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #5 of 15 tools in Blogging Platforms by health , between WriteFreely (#4) and Mataroa (#6) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | 1.5.1 · 7 months ago |
| Stars | 218 |
| Open issues | 26 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | flatpressblog/flatpress ↗ |
FlatPress vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with FlatPress (Blogging Platforms), scored on the same five terms.
FlatPress: common questions
Is FlatPress still maintained?
FlatPress had 97 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 2 days ago; the latest tagged release, 1.5.1, is from 7 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.