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Slim Killer

A WordPress killer with personality. Client websites are fast, static Astro sites; clients edit them from any browser or phone in a small PHP control panel at /cp on their own domain. Saving commits to GitHub, GitHub Actions builds the site, and the host fetches the finished build. The host only needs PHP.

Status: early. hammer, the host checker, installation and the control panel's sign-in (with two-factor for everyone) work. Editing content is next.

Start here

• Host requirements: what a server needs, and what Slim Killer accepts instead.
• Installing on a new host: from an empty hosting account to a passing doctor.
• hammer doctor: the host checker, what each line means and how to fix it.
• Users and sign in: adding people, welcome links, two-factor, recovery codes and resets.

How we build

• Build philosophy: the twelve rules, one page each.
• Astro site rules: how to build a client's Astro site so Slim Killer can be added later.
• Glossary: one word for each idea, and the words we avoid.
• Writing for clients: how to write anything a client reads.

The idea in one picture

 client's phone/browser
        │  edits
        ▼
 /cp  (PHP control panel)  ──commit──▶  the site's GitHub repository
        ▲                                         │
        │ fetch the finished build                ▼
 cron (every minute)  ◀──"build ready"──  GitHub Actions builds the Astro site

For developers

The code lives at monatemedia/slim-killer. Read BUILD_PHILOSOPHY.md before changing code. AI coding assistants pick up their instructions from AGENTS.md.