Digital
Single domain
£29 one-time
One licensed site, footer removed.
- One licensed domain
- Footer attribution removed
- Perpetual, never expires
- Offline cryptographic verification
- Localhost & dev domains free
Open source · MIT
The Nano Suite
Two flat-file PHP tools that add a blog and a shop to any static HTML site. No database, no frameworks, no scope creep, just Markdown and JSON files on disk and a portable admin you upload only when you need it.
Built the same way
Most client sites should stay fast, simple static HTML, but still need a blog or a shop. Rebuilding a perfectly good site as WordPress or Shopify drags in a database, a permanent admin panel, and a stream of updates to babysit. The Nano tools slot the missing piece into the site you already have, and nothing more.
No database
Content lives in plain files on disk: Markdown for posts, JSON for products. Backups are a folder copy. There's no MySQL to set up, secure, or migrate.
Portable admin
The admin folder is identical for every install. Upload it over SFTP when you want to publish, remove it when you're done. No permanent admin means a drastically smaller attack surface.
Drops into a static site
The reader-facing code sits inside your existing webroot and inherits the host site's CSS, so the blog or shop looks like part of the site, not a bolted-on system.
SEO baked in
Full metadata, Open Graph and Twitter cards, a regenerated sitemap and feed, lazy images with proper alt text, and semantic HTML5 on every page.
No frameworks, no build step
Hand-written PHP 8.1+. Nothing to compile, no node_modules, no toolchain to keep current. Upload and it runs.
Free and open-source
Both tools are MIT licensed and free to use, modify, and deploy. An optional per-domain licence removes the small footer attribution.
Nano CMS
A flat-file PHP blog system that adds SEO-driven content to an existing static site, without rebuilding it as WordPress. One post is one Markdown file; a roughly 1,400-line frontend renders posts on clean URLs, builds managed category archives, and emits a sitemap, an RSS feed, and full metadata on every page.
- Markdown files are the database, no MySQL or setup
- Managed categories, featured articles, and a homepage hero
- SEO baked in: Open Graph, Twitter Cards, JSON-LD, XML sitemap, RSS 2.0
- Drag-and-drop media manager; inherits your site's own CSS
- Portable admin uploaded only to publish · PHP 8.1+ · ~180 KB deployed
--- title: Welcome to the blog date: 2026-06-09 category: News summary: A short SEO description. --- # Welcome Plain Markdown on disk, no database. Backups are a folder copy.
Nano CMS licences
Free under MIT; an optional per-domain licence removes the footer.
Agency 3-pack
£69 one-time
Three domains, about £23 each.
- Three licensed domains
- Footer attribution removed
- Perpetual, never expires
- Best for small studios
Agency unlimited
£249 one-time
Every client project, one agency.
- Unlimited domains (wildcard)
- All current and future projects
- Footer attribution removed
- Perpetual, never expires
Nano Cart
A flat-file PHP product catalogue for selling 20 to 50 fixed-price products without a database or a platform like Shopify. Each product is a JSON file, and checkout is a hosted link to whatever you already use. Built for artisans, designers, authors, and galleries, not for variants, multi-item carts, or inventory.
- One JSON file per product, no database
- Hosted checkout: Stripe, PayPal, Square, Gumroad, Ko-fi, or any URL
- Web installer that auto-detects your hosting
- Image pipeline with on-demand WebP/JPEG variants, lazy-loaded
- JSON-LD product schema, Open Graph, XML sitemap · mobile-first
{
"name": "Wireless Keyboard",
"price": "£49.00",
"checkout": "https://buy.stripe.com/...",
"image": "keyboard.webp"
}
Nano Cart licences
Free under MIT; an optional per-domain licence removes the footer.
Single domain
£29 one-time
One licensed shop, footer removed.
- One licensed domain
- Footer attribution removed
- Perpetual, never expires
- Offline cryptographic verification
- Localhost & dev domains free
Agency 3-pack
£69 one-time
Three domains, about £23 each.
- Three licensed domains
- Footer attribution removed
- Perpetual, never expires
- Best for small studios
Agency unlimited
£249 one-time
Every client project, one agency.
- Unlimited domains (wildcard)
- All current and future projects
- Footer attribution removed
- Perpetual, never expires
Free under MIT
How licensing works
Both tools are free and open-source under the MIT licence. The optional per-domain licences shown above (priced per product, same tiers) simply remove the small "Powered by Nano" footer, verified offline with no phone-home and no licence server.
Full terms, domain moves, refunds, and how verification works are on the Nano Licensing page.