bLite

Checkout bLite as your minimalist, hackable Wordpress replacement (code available at Github).

Why would you choose bLite?

• lightweight (ZIP release size is 14kB)
• just 7 files (so easy to deploy to a shared hosting account)
• admin dashboard (bare bones but helps with management)
• autoupdates itself (as simple as clicking a button in admin dashboard)
• blazing fast, no bloat (you can definitely run it without any Javascript)
• no dependencies and storage is a single SQLite file
• backup with a single click (actually 2, the 2nd for downloading the archive)
• markdown support (with help from Parsedown)

Check the code at Github.