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Collaborative social publishing platform.
The platform lets individuals and groups create and share blog posts, status updates, photos, and other media on a self‑hosted site. Its web interface works on any device and supports both a WYSIWYG editor and direct HTML editing, allowing users to publish content, add custom JavaScript or CSS, and organize items with hashtags and tags. Built on PHP 8.3+ with a database backend, it can be installed from packages, Composer, or source, and includes an optional asynchronous event queue for handling Webmention, syndication, and ActivityPub delivery in the background.
Collaboration is enabled by inviting unlimited contributors, providing email notifications, and supporting decentralized interactions such as bookmarking and commenting across Indieweb sites. The system offers multiple feed formats (RSS, JSON, XML, KML) and static pages for site information, while privacy controls let owners keep sites private or public.
The software is released under the Apache‑2.0 license, is free‑tier and non‑subscription, and is positioned as a stable, open‑source alternative for anyone wanting full ownership of a social publishing site.
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