Chyrp Lite

Chyrp Lite is a minimal, responsive blogging engine written in PHP designed for simple self-hosted blogs and small publishing sites. It provides a lightweight core with an extensible system of "Feathers" (content types) and modules to add functionality without heavy complexity.

Key Features

• Lightweight PHP core with a responsive, accessible HTML5 frontend and Twig templating for easy theme development
• Support for multiple content Feathers: text, photo, quote, link, video, audio, and multi-file uploader
• Bundled modules for tagging, categories, comments, likes, caching, sitemap generation, post views, and webmention handling
• Supports plain text, Markdown, or raw markup entry formats and syntax highlighting for code snippets
• Database-agnostic using PDO with support for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite
• Simple administration console and rights model for user and visitor management
• Docker-compatible deployment with example docker-compose configuration for quick setup

Use Cases

• Run a minimal personal blog or tumbleblog with fast, low-overhead hosting requirements
• Publish a small multimedia site using Feathers for images, audio, and video without a heavy CMS
• Build a highly customizable simple publishing platform by extending functionality with modules and custom Twig themes

Limitations and Considerations

• Not intended for very high-traffic or enterprise-scale sites out of the box; heavy scaling requires external caching, reverse proxies, or infrastructure changes
• Smaller module/ecosystem compared to major CMS platforms; advanced plugins and integrations may be limited
• No built-in federation or ActivityPub support; webmention support is available but federated social features are absent
• Requires PHP 8.1+ and common extensions (mbstring, PDO, cURL), and administrators should secure installer/upgrade scripts after use

Chyrp Lite is suitable for users who want a small, standards-focused blogging engine that is easy to inspect and customize. Its modular design and Twig-based themes make it straightforward to adapt for simple personal or small-site publishing needs.