Today we are open-sourcing the Gratis ecosystem — a complete WordPress performance, builder, backup, and AI suite that is genuinely free. No “Pro” version. No locked features. No nag screens.

Why another WordPress suite?

The WordPress plugin ecosystem has a problem: basic functionality is locked behind $50-200/year paywalls. Want Redis object caching? Pay. Want incremental backups? Pay. Want a decent block theme? Pay.

Gratis changes that. Every feature works locally, for free, forever. The only paid options are managed cloud services that have real infrastructure costs — and those are entirely optional.

What is included

• Cache Manager — Auto-detects Redis, Memcached, SQLite, APCu. Object cache drop-in, request tracing, WP-CLI.
• Block Theme — 35+ patterns, FSE, dark mode, 100/100 PageSpeed.
• Builder — AI-ready REST API for programmatic page building.
• Backup Engine — Stream-first, hash-verified, auto-snapshots before updates.
• AI Assistant — BYOM. Works with OpenAI, Ollama, any compatible endpoint.
• SQLite Mode — Optional MySQL-free WordPress with compatibility scanner.

Performance numbers

On our test environment (PHP 8.3, OPcache + JIT, Redis):

Backend   Ops/sec
array     27,473,606
sqlite    1,601,694
redis     174,583
file      90,993

Average page response: 17ms

That is 17ms average for a full WordPress page render. No page cache needed for most sites.