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About the FlatPress project
This page gives you an insight into the Open Source project FlatPress, and the philosophy behind it.
FlatPress team
FlatPress is free software maintained by voluntary developers in their free time. We don't get (or want) money for FlatPress. Free time is always rare, so we are aware we can't fix every reported bug within hours.
Luckily, we have a great community that helps us with testing, coding, and supporting each other. This open and friendly spirit is the heart of FlatPress. You are warmly invited to be part of it!
Open Source philosophy
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Release cycle
FlatPress is around since 2006, the software is mature and well-tested. And yet, we're still in Version 1.2.1 (as of March 2022). We don't stuff gazillions of features into our software, and we won't publish a new release each week.
FlatPress is meant to be a stable software without surprises.
How can I support the FlatPress project?
Glad you ask, thanks for caring! :) In fact, there a are many ways to contribute to FlatPress.
As a coder
Found a bug? Built a plugin? Designed a theme? Want to propose a new feature? Let us know!
- Open issues or pull requests on our GitHub project.
As a translator
FlatPress "speaks" some languages out-of-the-box. If yours is not included yet, feel free to create a language pack! You don't need to be programmer to do so, the guidelines show you how it works. We'd love to add your translation to the FlatPress standard download package!
As a user
Even if you aren't a programmer, you can easily support our project.
- If you have suggestions, feature request or want to report quirky behaviour, please do so on the support forum.
- Show off your blog sites on the support forum as well.
- Spread the word:
- Tell the people you use FlatPress by leaving the "powered by FlatPress" link in your site footer intact.
- If you are happy with FlatPress, tell your friends on your favourite social network.
- If you know a software archive or a CMS compare site that does not have FlatPress, tell them! Ask your web hosting provider if they’d like to offer FlatPress in their software installer. Recommend FlatPress to people asking you for an easy-to-use blogging engine.
- Sometimes, we ask for intensive testing before releasing a new version. Take part in it and tell us what you think.
- To keep up to date, check out our project site flatpress.org once in a while. You may also subscribe to the RSS feed. The forums also have an RSS feed, did you know?
And of course, you may follow us on Twitter and on Mastodon.