manpageblog – Minimalistic UNIX-style Blog Engine

manpageblog is a small, lightweight blog engine written in Python and offers several advantages in a look of a man page (Unix like manual page). Firstly, it provides simplicity and ease of use, making it accessible even for users with limited technical knowledge. The lightweight nature ensures quick installation and minimal resource consumption, making it suitable for various hosting environments. No database is needed at all.

Python’s readability and straightforward syntax make the blog engine easy to customize and extend, allowing users to tailor it to their specific needs. Additionally, being Python-based means leveraging a vast ecosystem of libraries and frameworks, enhancing the blog’s functionality without unnecessary complexity. Posts and pages are written in Markdown or HTML while the blog engine generates the whole website. While using only flat files, this offers great possibilities in maintaining the content. Given this approach, you can manage your whole blog in git.

The lightweight nature also contributes to faster loading times, improving user experience and search engine rankings. Overall, a small, lightweight blog engine in Python combines simplicity, flexibility, and efficiency, making it an ideal choice for those prioritizing a streamlined and customizable blogging experience. To support this small and lightweight expression of the blog engine the default theme represents a man page(manual page or also known as handbook) design which provides all needed information in a simple document and an example of this layout if already given and running here on gyptazy.com.

Features

• Small and lightweight blog engine written in Python
• No database required
• Posts and pages written in Markdown or HTML
• Flat file storage for easy content management
• Man page (manual page) design theme
• Customizable and extendable
• Highly SEO optimized
• Supports tags and categories
• Sitemap generator

Availability

manpageblog is designed to be easy to install and use across a wide range of platforms and environments. Whether you prefer native system packages, container-based deployments, or running directly from source, manpageblog offers flexible installation options.

For Linux users, manpageblog is available as a .deb packagefor Debian and Ubuntu systems, allowing seamless integration into existing package-based workflows.

On FreeBSD, manpageblog is officially available via the ports and packages system and can be found on FreshPorts.

GhostBSD users can install manpageblog from the official GhostBSD package repositories for FreeBSD 14 (amd64), available at pkg.ghostbsd.org .

manpageblog is also packaged for OpenBSD, making it easy to install using the native OpenBSD ports or packages system.

For containerized environments, manpageblog can be run as a Docker image, which is well suited for CI/CD pipelines, development setups, or isolated deployments.

Alternatively, manpageblog can be used directly from source. In this case, the only requirement is Python 3, keeping dependencies minimal and making it easy to customize or extend in virtually any environment.

Preview of manpageblog

Even you are already on this website which is served by manpageblog, you can see the demo screenshot below.

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