https://github.com/moonfloof/microlight

A fully IndieWeb-compatible PHP blogging engine
https://github.com/moonfloof/microlight

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A fully IndieWeb-compatible PHP blogging engine

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/moonfloof/microlight
• Owner: moonfloof
• License: agpl-3.0
• Created: 2018-07-14T11:20:14.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2021-07-08T20:05:34.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-06-30T05:03:50.408Z (6 months ago)
• Topics: blog, blog-engine, blogging-engine, indieweb, micropub, php, sqlite, webmention, webmentions
• Language: PHP
• Homepage:
• Size: 568 KB
• Stars: 38
• Watchers: 10
• Forks: 3
• Open Issues: 4
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

          
[Please read this update about microlight's future](https://www.tomgardiner.me/2020/11/why-microlight-was-destined-to-fail.html)

# microlight (or µLight, or µlite, etc)

## Why?

Microlight is a blogging engine based on [IndieWeb](https://indieweb.org)-based

concepts. This means support for:

* POSSE (posting on your site, automatically posting to other social media

  sites, and linking the two together)

  * This means comments and replies on those social media websites will

    also appear on your site underneath the post

* Post formats:

  * Note ("tweets")

  * Article (blog posts)

  * Photo

  * Video

  * And more! (See [PostType](https://indieweb.org/Category:PostType))

* Replies

  * Other people with an IndieWeb compatible website will be able to

    post comments on your blog using their own website as an account

* Owning your identity

  * Your website is a corner of the internet **you own** - no company

    keeps a-hold of the information you post to it

## Screenshot

![](themes/microlight-default/microlight-default-screenshot.png)

## Requirements

* **PHP 7 or above**  

  While in theory microlight should work on PHP 5.6, this version is

  [no longer supported](https://secure.php.net/supported-versions.php) by the

  PHP group, and so I will not be testing it on any version below 7.

* **PDO SQLite/MySQL**  

  Currently, the table creation functions are written purely for SQLite (this

  will be added for MySQL shortly), although fetch posts and inserting posts

  are fully functional using MySQL.

* **GD Image Processing Library**  

  For image uploads. This extension can be enabled in your `php.ini` file, or by

  installing `php-gd`, depending on your distro.

* **Apache or Nginx**  

  To prevent your SQLite database from being directly downloaded, you should run

  microlight in an Apache or Nginx server. In the future, pretty-URL support

  will also be enabled for those doing so, when it is eventually developed.

## Disclaimer

* Whilst in development, microlight has not been tested on a macOS or Windows

  server, only on Arch Linux. Until I have at least confirmed it working on

  Windows, your mileage may vary.

* This is mainly a personal project. I would love suggestions for new features,

  although if they do not align with my goals for this software, I am not likely

  to implement them. You are, of course, welcome to add features by submitting

  a pull request! 😁