# typecho/typecho

A PHP Blogging Platform. Simple and Powerful.

Repository: https://github.com/typecho/typecho
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/typecho
Homepage: http://typecho.org
Language: PHP
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: php, blog, typecho, markdown
Last push: 2026-07-17T09:14:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 74/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 93, release rhythm 34, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4795, "days_push": 47, "days_rel": 225, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 12430, forks 2122 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:52.686943+00:00)

## What it is
Typecho is a lightweight PHP-based blogging platform and content management system with plugin and theme support. It runs on multiple databases (MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, PostgreSQL) with a very small codebase and low resource usage.

## Use cases
- start a personal blog
- self-host a lightweight blog on shared hosting
- migrate from WordPress to a simpler blog engine
- build a small website with custom pages and themes
- write posts in Markdown
- extend a blog with plugins and custom themes

## When to choose
- you want a fast, minimal blog with low CPU and memory footprint
- you need multi-database support including SQLite
- you prefer PHP hosting and simple three-step installation
- you want plugin and theme extensibility in a small codebase

## When to avoid
- you need a full-featured CMS with e-commerce or complex content types
- you require a large ecosystem of themes and plugins like WordPress
- your stack is not PHP

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: web-framework, templating, markdown, plugin-system, theme, file-upload, http-server
- domain: web-development, cms, self-hosted, developer-tools
- platform: php, self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: blog-engine, blogging-platform, lightweight, mysql, sqlite, postgresql, wordpress-alternative, gpl, web-server, linux

## Member repositories
- typecho/typecho (main) score 74

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:52.686943+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 2026-08-29T17:14:04.723827+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/typecho/typecho (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:52.686943+00:00, sha 22ecfde8d4d8)
  - homepage: http://typecho.org (fetched 2026-08-29T08:10:57.809171+00:00, sha 628a92b6e36c)
  - site_page: https://docs.typecho.org (fetched 2026-08-29T08:10:57.818591+00:00, sha d8fbb2d1dde4)
  - site_page: https://typecho.org/about (fetched 2026-08-29T08:10:57.820646+00:00, sha 9c0622859cbc)
  - site_page: https://docs.typecho.org/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T08:10:57.822471+00:00, sha 48dc1cade83e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.