About
WordPress in a single container without a separate database. Lighter, simpler to back up, right for a personal site or blog on a Raspberry Pi.
Notes
Single-container WordPress backed by SQLite — no MariaDB sidecar, no external DB to manage. Uses the official wordpress:php8.3-apache image and the sqlite-database-integration plugin (https://github.com/WordPress/sqlite-database-integration), which is fetched and pre-activated by the entrypoint on first start.
Trade-off: SQLite is fine for blogs, brochure sites and small comm- unities; if you expect heavy concurrent writes (busy WooCommerce stores, hundreds of authors) you'll want the MariaDB-backed flavour instead — that template is on the roadmap.
Everything WordPress writes lives in the mounted volume: uploads, plugins, themes and the SQLite DB. Back the folder up and you've backed up the site.
Alternative to: Wix, Squarespace
Facts
- Version
- 1.2.0
- Source
- Official
- Runtime
- Container
- Devices
- Pi · Linux · Mac
- Min. RAM
- 256 MB
- Project
- wordpress.org
Install
How to run WordPress (SQLite) yourself
- 01
Connect a device
A Raspberry Pi, a Linux machine or a Mac that is on anyway.
- 02
Install it
One click in your Obacht account. Your device checks the signature before anything runs.
- 03
Open it from anywhere
It gets a web address under your-name.obacht.space, with HTTPS. Add your own domain if you have one.
Open-source contribution
Forwarded
A fixed amount per install goes to WordPress Foundation, forwarded via WordPress Foundation.
Run it on your own hardware.
Obacht is in a closed pilot phase. Put yourself on the list. We let people in a few at a time, so it can take a while.