Pure Commons

This account is operated by Kev Quirk (npub1080…cr2f) and is used to share news and updates related to the various Pure Commons projects.

Website: https://purecommons.org
Pure Blog: https://pureblog.org
Pure Comments: https://purecomments.org
Pure CSS: https://simplecss.org

Last Notes

2026-06-19 09:06:39 UTC

Just dropped a new release of #PureBlog that has better integration with #PureComments.
You don't have to mess around with embed codes anymore, it's all baked into Pure Blog.
https://codeberg.org/kevquirk/pureblog/releases/tag/v3.4.4

2026-05-29 18:51:41 UTC

New version of #PureBlog just dropped with a new sidebar layout in admin. Here's a quick demo...
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/659/368/347/668/549/original/1d05c47b62ff07c3.mp4

2026-05-24 17:02:58 UTC

Sooooo there's been a little update to the list of apps on the #PureCommons site - been meaning to update it for a couple weeks now, just haven't got around to it. 👀
https://purecommons.org/apps/

2026-05-24 15:22:58 UTC

Just released #PureBlog v3.1.0 which includes a feature people having been asking me to implement for a while - post scheduling!
Read the changelog here - https://pureblog.org/changelog

2026-05-13 12:21:42 UTC

I've created a new Hooks library for #PureBlog. If you've created any interesting hooks for your site, please submit them so others can learn. :-)
https://hooks.pureblog.org/

2026-05-08 18:15:50 UTC

Wooo that was a wild few hours!
- v3.0.0 of #PureBlog released on #Codeberg ✅
- v2.5.2 released on #GitHub for admin notice. ✅
- Pure Blog repo archived on GitHub. ✅
Pure Blog is now fully on Codeberg! 🎉
Next up, #PureComments. But that's for another day.

2026-05-08 12:42:47 UTC

For the past 6 weeks or so, I've been doing a major re-factor of Pure Blog to clean some stuff up. I'm ready to release it, but it will be a breaking update, as it includes changes to the update process.
So people won't be able to update from within #PureBlog, but I'm not sure how to manage this? Should I just communicate this everywhere and hope people see it? Or should I mark the next release as pre-release in GitHub so the in-app updater doesn't work?
I'm open to any other ideas to..

2026-04-28 11:17:11 UTC

I've added some extra features to the #PureBlog blogroll. You can now filter by language, browse latest posts from everyone (also by language), AND subscribe to the aggregated feed ALSO by language.
https://roll.pureblog.org

2026-04-26 15:15:26 UTC

There's been some back and forth on creating a #PureBlog Blogroll recently after a couple of very cool people from the community decided to make unofficial ones.
Anyway, there's now an official Pure Blog Roll, so if you're running Pure Blog, get your site added!
https://roll.pureblog.org

2026-04-25 09:23:20 UTC

v1.5.0 of #PureComments just dropped. It adds a "remember me" function for logging in (90 days) and filtering by post or commenter.
https://github.com/kevquirk/purecomments/releases/tag/v1.5.0

2026-04-24 08:48:29 UTC

ICYMI - I've added a Roadmap page to the Pure Commons site that lists everything I'd like to build across the Pure ecosystem. I'll try to keep it as up to date as possible.
https://purecommons.org/roadmap/

2026-04-14 13:15:35 UTC

Translations for #PureComments are done, but I've only included English and (AI generated) German. Please feel free to submit PRs with other languages.
⚠️ Make sure you read the changelog on this one too, as there's a breaking change in the update process.
https://purecomments.org/changelog

2026-04-13 12:39:38 UTC

With the new features that have come to #PureBlog over the last few releases, I've updated the "Title-less Notes" how to guide that shows how to have a proper separate notes page, with its own feed.
https://pureblog.org/how-to-create-a-titleless-notes-page

2026-04-01 14:01:46 UTC

Just dropped v2.3.0 of #PureBlog which includes a completely redesigned dashboard. Here's a demo:
https://pureblog.org/dashboard-stats

2026-03-24 22:23:28 UTC

OK, v2.0.0 of #PureBlog is out the door and contains a tonne of new goodies. Because of this there's a bit of wonky update for this one though!
All details in the release notes:
https://github.com/kevquirk/pureblog/releases/tag/v2.0.0

2026-03-24 20:05:51 UTC

Just released v2.0.0 of #PureBlog and it's a HUGE update with lots of new features and bug fixes.
Here's the release notes:
https://github.com/kevquirk/pureblog/releases/tag/v2.0.0