Open blog is a free and open source blogging platform built using the CodeIgniter PHP framework and released under the GPL v3 license.

It provides users with a very powerful yet easy to use interface which makes blogging simple and enjoyable.

Below is a list of some of the more important features:

• Friendly user interface - clean and easy to use user interface
• Easy to install - Open Blog comes with a PHP installer which makes installation and configuration very easy (you can get your blog up and running in just a few minutes)
• Easy to update - Update to the latest version with just a few clicks
• Multi language support - currently available in three languages (English, Spanish and Slovene), but it can be easily translated into any language
• Templates support - you can easily change the look and feel of your blog by using Open Blog templating system (the default installation includes 5 attractive templates and more can be found under the templates section on the official website)
• Open Source - Open Blog is being developed as open source software and released under the GPL v3 license so anyone can help improve it
• Search engine friendly URLs - all URLs are search engine friendly
• Pages - your blog can contain unlimited number of static pages (for example "About" page)
• Links - add links to your favourite websites which will be visible to other visitors
• Dynamic sidebar - sidebar can easily be customizable
• Feed support - Open Blog supports RSS and Atom feeds for posts and comments
• Aministrator panel - powerful yet easy to use administration panel that makes administrating your blog very easy
• WYSIWYG editor - Open Blog includes TinyMCE WYSIWYG editor which makes formatting your posts and pages very simple
• Check for updates - you can use the "Information" page on your administrator panel to check if a new version of Open Blog is available (important security updates will be displayed as a waning on the dashboard index)
• Plug-ins - you can extend the functionality of your blog by developing or using one of the already developed plug-ins
• and much much more...