Chyrp

Chyrp

Screenshot  A screenshot of the Chyrp demo.
Developer(s)	Alex Suraci
Stable release	2.1.1 / August 12, 2011; 2 months ago (2011-08-12)
Preview release	2.2dev / May 1, 2011; 5 months ago (2011-05-01)
Development status	Active
Operating system	Cross-platform
Platform	PHP with MySQL or SQLite
Type	Blog software
License	MIT License
Website	http://chyrp.net

Chyrp is a free and open source blog publishing application, developed by Alex Suraci. Chyrp is intended to be light-weight, yet functional.^[1]

History

The idea of Chyrp has started in 2004 by Alex Suraci. Initially the project was called MCMS (mynimal CMS); then Mynimalistic; then Lingua; and so it has derived to Chyrp.

Design

Chyrp is a tumblelog-like blogging engine,^[2] hosted on one's own server. It uses a flexible plug-in system, with modules called "Feathers", providing more dedicated types of content to add, and themes, to change the appearance of the website.

Chyrp is built over PHP, mySQL, and AJAX^[3]

Core Modules

The default Chyrp install is rather vanilla, but Chyrp can be extended through modules. Modules are things that enable extra functionality to Chyrp. There are ten default Modules bundled to every Chyrp installation, each providing certain functionality for a certain topic.

• Aggregator: Pulls content RSS2/Atom feeds into your Chyrp installation as posts.
• Cacher: Caches pages, drastically reducing server load.
• Comments: Adds commenting functionality to posts, including Akismet spam protection, auto-reloading, pagination, etc.
• Markdown: A Markdown wrapper for posts, pages, and comments.
• Paging: Split entries into multiple pages at <!--page--> tags.
• Read More: Splits entries at <!--more--> tag.
• SmartyPants: A SmartyPants wrapper for posts, pages, and comments.
• SWFUpload: This is a helper module which provides functionality to other modules.
• Tagginator: Adds tagging functionality to posts, allowing organization, grouping, and adding keywords to posts.
• Textilize: A Textile wrapper for posts, pages, and comments.

Releases

Version	Release Date	Notes
1.0	25 December, 2007	First release to public.
1.0.2	28 December, 2007	Mostly bug fixes, added feathers.
1.0.3	2 January, 2008	Added previews, upgrader.
1.1	3 February, 2008	Reduced SQL queries.
1.1.2	3 February, 2008	Mostly bug fixes.
1.1.3	8 February, 2008	Mostly bug fixes.
1.1.3.1	9 February, 2008	Mostly bug fixes.
1.1.3.2	17 February, 2008	Mostly bug fixes.
2.0	2 July, 2009	Major release.
2.1	1 April, 2011	Major release and bug fixes.[4]
2.1.1	12 August, 2011	Vulnerability Fix.

Requirements

Chyrp requires^[5] PHP Version 5.2 or greater (with PDO support). MySQL 4.1 or greater, SQLite 3 or PostgreSQL.

See also

• Micro-blogging

References

1. ^ "Chyrp". chyrp.net. http://chyrp.net/. Retrieved 2009-08-18. "Chyrp is a blogging engine designed to be very lightweight while retaining functionality." 
2. ^ "Linux.com :: Chyrp: A lightweight tool for simple blogging". Dmitri Popov. http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/125455. Retrieved 2009-08-19. "The default Chyrp package provides only the most basic functionality, but you can extended it via plugins, or feathers in Chyrp's parlance. For example, the Photo, Quote, Video, and Link feathers can turn your blog into a tumblog, while the Textile, Markdown, and WordPress Formatting feathers add support for alternative markups." 
3. ^ "Chyrp". Geeknet, Inc. http://www.ohloh.net/p/chyrp. Retrieved 2009-12-01. 
4. ^ "Chyrp 2.1 Final Released". Chyrp Blog. http://chyrp.net/2011/04/01/chyrp-21-final-released/. Retrieved 2011-04-01. 
5. ^ "Chyrp Requirements". 2011-05-01. http://chyrp.net/download/. 

External links

• Chyrp Official Website
• Chyrp GitHub.com Repository