Show HN: BookPress, a WordPress core in C/C++ (Live Demo)

Category: web-framework

Tags: wordpress, c-cpp, web-server, performance, compatibility

Score: 8.0/10 (Innovation: 8, Technical: 9, Documentation: 7, Utility: 7)

BookPress is a native C/C++ implementation of a WordPress-compatible engine that runs WordPress themes and some plugins (like WooCommerce and Elementor) while offering massive performance gains over PHP. It includes import/export tools for seamless migration and self-updates with rollback, but it's commercial and heavy custom PHP is unsupported.

Target audience: WordPress site owners, backend developers, DevOps engineers

Repository: https://bookpress.io/

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