lightweight Blog / Tumblelog engine "embr"

In plain words

Embr is a lightweight blogging engine built on the CodeIgniter framework, designed for users who want a simple self-hosted alternative to Tumblr. It supports text and image posts, tags, categories, and Disqus comments, with infinite scrolling on index pages. A reblogging feature allows users to share and reflag posts across multiple self-hosted domains. The source code is available on GitHub.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

Lightweight blog built using the CodeIgniter framework - laurencedawson/embr

In the maker’s words, at launch

Hey everyone, For the past few weeks I've been working on a new lightweight blog engine powered by Codeigniter called "embr". I've stuck the source on Github and would love to hear any feedback or new features to add. Features: - Basic image and text posts - Tag & Category support - Disqus commenting…

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