FedUP Snail is a lightweight news engine built for people who want a fast, simple, and portable publishing system.
It is designed around a basic idea: a news website should not require a heavy CMS, a complex database server, or layers of unnecessary abstraction. FedUP Snail uses plain PHP, SQLite, Markdown files, and a small set of focused tools to keep publishing simple and manageable.
Articles are stored with structured data in SQLite and readable Markdown bodies on the filesystem. Images, language files, page data, and configuration live together in the same project tree, making the site easy to move, back up, and understand.
The system supports multilingual publishing, metadata for search engines and social sharing, sitemap and RSS output, sponsored submissions, and an admin workflow built around manual review.
FedUP Snail is also designed to be AI-ready, but not AI-dependent. Optional AI services can help with editorial tasks such as tag suggestions, summaries, rewriting, or future content tools. The site remains fully usable without them.
The goal is simple: copy the folder, configure the site, and publish news without fighting the software.