# Welcome to FlatPress! FlatPress is a lightweight, easy-to-set-up blogging engine. Plain and simple, just PHP. No database needed!
Official FlatPress site: http://flatpress.org/
Official FlatPress GitHub project: https://github.com/flatpressblog/flatpress ## Requirements FlatPress runs on any web server (e.g. Apache or IIS) with PHP 5.6 or higher. Since all data is stored in files, no database is needed. ## Installation Installing FlatPress is really easy! - Unzip FlatPress package - Upload to your web server - Browse to your web server, FlatPress installer appears - Enter your desired user name, password etc. - Enjoy blogging with FlatPress! ## Credits FlatPress was initially developed by [Edoardo Vacchi (NoWhereMan)](http://www.nowhereland.it "nowhereland.it"). Edoardo was supported by [Hydra](http://hydra.clans.it/ "hydra.clans.it"), [drudo](https://drudotec.wordpress.com/ "drudotec.wordpress.com"), giulio, [alcor](http://alcor.altervista.org/ "alcor.altervista.org"), and [Tychondriax](http://tychondriax.altervista.org/blog/ "tychondriax.altervista.org").

Since 2018, FlatPress is taken care of by [Arvid Zimmermann](https://arvidzimmermann.de "arvidzimmermann.de").