habari

spread the news

ha·bar·i - noun
Definition — Swahili greeting: What's the news?

Habari is next-generation blogging. Download Habari and help our community design the future of blogs.

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Habari is different

While there are a number of technical reasons that highlight the differences and advantages Habari has over other blogging packages, a major component of what makes Habari different is its community participation model. Users who demonstrate a level of quality contributions to the project are granted more privileges within the project.

Features

  • Modular, object-oriented core for easy extensibility
  • Supports multiple database backends (MySQL, SQLite, PostgreSQL)
  • Uses prepared statements throughout to protect against SQL injection attacks
  • Media silos to directly access various ways of media storage, like Flickr, Viddler, or the server's filesystem
  • Atom Publishing Protocol support
  • Multiple users (authors)
  • Multiple sites on one installation
  • Support for static content ("pages")
  • Plugins
  • Tagging
  • Importers for Serendipity and WordPress

Get Involved

Habari recognizes all kinds of contributions. Whether you are a software developer, have a penchant for writing good documentation, or have a natural talent for providing help to new users, please get in touch, either on the mailing list or on IRC.