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Version 3.0.0-beta.4 · GNU GPL v2 · free

A content management system for magazines, newspapers and blogs.

Plain PHP and MySQL. No framework, no Composer, no npm. You upload it to your hosting, open the installer and start writing after four steps.

Download and install Documentation

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dependencies and build steps
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built-in templates
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admin languages
The phpRS admin dashboard: articles in progress, the editorial calendar and first steps The phpRS admin dashboard in dark mode

Why phpRS

Simplicity over abstraction

Code that an informed non-programmer can read. No layers you have to understand first. The site runs on ordinary shared hosting, and you move it by copying a folder and a database.

Security comes first

Updates are signed with the publisher's key, and security fixes install themselves. Two-factor login, a strict Content Security Policy and an integrity check of the core files.

No plug-in marketplace

Extensions are a closed, curated set. You switch them on in the settings – you install nothing from outside sources, nothing breaks after an update and no third-party code reaches your site.

Reader privacy

Built-in traffic statistics without cookies. IP addresses are not stored. Videos and social media posts load only after the reader clicks, and the antispam works without third-party services.

A newsroom, not just an editor

Author, editor and administrator roles, permissions by section, handover for proofreading by e-mail, an editorial calendar and front page management. Revisions with version comparison and a lock against simultaneous editing.

Pages and articles can be edited directly on the site, and the site layout is put together in a visual block editor – on the page that readers see.

All features

The article editor in phpRS The article editor in phpRS in dark mode

Three templates in the package

Each has a light and a dark mode and takes over your site's logo, colour and fonts. You can write your own template yourself – or with Claude through the MCP connection.

The Classic Newspaper template – front page The Classic Newspaper template – front page, dark mode Classic Newspaper The Modern Magazine template – front page The Modern Magazine template – front page, dark mode Modern Magazine The Minimal template – front page The Minimal template – front page, dark mode Minimal

Artificial intelligence only where it helps

An optional assistant in the editor suggests a headline, standfirst, tags or an image description and translates an article into another language version. Without your own Claude API key it is switched off and sends nothing anywhere.

Connection to Claude through MCP

On your instruction, Claude can manage content and create custom templates. It has no access to the system code, the users or the server settings – the boundary is set in the core, not in the settings.

Installation in four steps

You need hosting with PHP 8.4 and MySQL 8 or MariaDB 10.6. Nothing else – no command-line access.

Detailed guide

  1. Upload the files from the package to your hosting.
  2. Open the site – the installer starts by itself and checks the server.
  3. Fill in the database, the site name and the administrator account and choose a template.
  4. Delete install.php and log in to the administration.