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miniblog/engine
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Miniblog is a minimal blogging platform, written in object-oriented PHP, aimed primarily at developers. There is no complicated setup, no distracting admin area, and no plugins or themes: the focus is blogging.

v1.0.0-beta.14(3y ago)0551ISCPHPPHP ^7.4|^8.1.3

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Miniblog
========

[](#miniblog)

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Miniblog is a minimal blogging platform, written in PHP, aimed primarily at developers.

There is no complicated setup, no distracting admin area, and no plugins or themes: the focus is blogging. Take a look at the [feature list](doc/features.md), and read [*Miniblog Guiding Principles*](https://justathought.dev/blog/miniblog-guiding-principles), to get a feel for what we're about and—roughly—where we're headed.

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

- [Features](doc/features.md)
- [Installation](doc/installation.md)
- [Content](doc/content.md)
    - [Document Spec](doc/content/document-spec.md)
    - [Content Types](doc/content/content-types.md)
- Background
    - [*Miniblog: An Ongoing Exercise in Responsible Software Development*](https://justathought.dev/blog/miniblog-an-ongoing-exercise-in-responsible-software-development)
    - [*The Future Is Minimal*](https://justathought.dev/blog/the-future-is-minimal)
    - [*Miniblog Guiding Principles*](https://justathought.dev/blog/miniblog-guiding-principles)
- [Design Decisions](doc/design-decisions.md)

Props 👏
-------

[](#props-clap)

- [Mike Mai](https://mikemai.net/) ([@mikemai2awesome](https://github.com/mikemai2awesome)) for [Typesettings.css](https://mikemai.net/typesettings/), his elegant, lightweight design system, which provides the face of the Miniblog app.
- [Steve Hobbs](https://www.iamstevehobbs.com/) ([@shoobzy](https://github.com/shoobzy)), my most excellent designer colleague, for making the Miniblog logo a very smart reality.
- Karyl Gilbertson ([@paintedsky](https://github.com/paintedsky)) for his excellent minimal app, [Dead Simple Blog](https://github.com/paintedsky/dead-simple-blog), which provided some of the inspiration for Miniblog. Check it out if you're at all interested, because it may suit you better.

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 26% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~5 days

Total

14

Last Release

1223d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fb4422c02b29b1ae4a4746abb1ebf16c0216d5fc62cf0604e7c6aa4de974b39b?d=identicon)[danbettles](/maintainers/danbettles)

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Top Contributors

[![danbettles](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/736672?v=4)](https://github.com/danbettles "danbettles (128 commits)")

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Tags

markdownblogbloggingminimaldead simple blog

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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