# miguelgrinberg/microblog

The microblogging application developed in my Flask Mega-Tutorial series. This version maps to the 2024 Edition of the tutorial.

Repository: https://github.com/miguelgrinberg/microblog
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/microblog
Homepage: http://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/the-flask-mega-tutorial-part-i-hello-world
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: python, flask, webapp
Last push: 2025-04-06T19:01:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 39/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 15, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5007, "days_push": 514, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4774, forks 1720 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:59.481964+00:00)

## What it is
The companion example application for Miguel Grinberg's Flask Mega-Tutorial, a complete microblogging web app built with Python and Flask. It maps to the 2024 edition of the tutorial and demonstrates a full-featured web application from scratch.

## Use cases
- learn flask web development step by step
- example of user login and authentication in flask
- see how to add full-text search to a flask app
- reference for deploying flask apps with docker
- study a complete python web application codebase
- learn background jobs and apis in flask

## When to choose
- you are following the Flask Mega-Tutorial and want the matching code
- you want a realistic, well-structured example Flask application to study
- you need a reference implementation covering auth, databases, email, search, and deployment in Flask

## When to avoid
- you need a production-ready microblogging platform to deploy as-is
- you are not using Python or Flask
- you want a minimal starter template rather than a full tutorial application

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: web-framework, auth, database, search-engine, email, internationalization
- domain: web-development, tutorials, education, backend
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: flask, microblog, tutorial-code, example-application, mega-tutorial, sqlalchemy, learning-project, web-server, docker

## Member repositories
- miguelgrinberg/microblog (main) score 39

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:59.481964+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:18:46.521064+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/miguelgrinberg/microblog (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:59.481964+00:00, sha 2e85650a7687)
  - homepage: http://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/the-flask-mega-tutorial-part-i-hello-world (fetched 2026-08-29T09:02:16.972608+00:00, sha 6dc5e8e012da)
  - site_page: https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com:443/post/about-me (fetched 2026-08-29T09:02:16.982878+00:00, sha 1c1dcaab45a7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.