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# Kimo ![Python](https://img.shields.io/badge/Python-3.7+-blue) ![Flask](https://img.shields.io/badge/Flask-Latest-green) ![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow) **A Lightweight Flask-Based Backend Blog System** English | [简体中文](./README.zh.md)

✨ Project Overview

Kimo is a lightweight blog backend system built with the Flask framework. It provides simple and easy-to-use blog content management and user account management features, making it suitable for personal blogs, team knowledge bases, and similar use cases.

🎯 Core Features

✅ Blog Management: Publish, browse, and manage blog posts
✅ User Authentication: User registration and login
✅ Data Persistence: MySQL-based data storage
✅ Modular Architecture: Code organized using Flask Blueprints
✅ Database Connection Pool: Efficient database connection management via DBUtils

🛠️ Tech Stack

Technology	Description
Backend	Flask 2.x
Database	MySQL 5.7+
ORM / Query	Raw SQL + PyMySQL
Connection Pool	DBUtils
Python Version	3.7+

📦 Open Source Dependencies

Flask – A lightweight Python web framework for backend APIs
PyMySQL – A pure-Python MySQL client library
DBUtils – Database connection pooling for improved performance

🚀 Quick Start

Requirements

Python 3.7 or higher
MySQL 5.7 or higher

Installation

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/ChanYiCYJ/Kimo.git
cd Kimo

Create a virtual environment

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # Linux / Mac
venv\Scripts\activate    # Windows

Install dependencies
```
pip install -r requirements.txt
```
Configure the database

Edit config.json:

{
  "database": {
    "host": "your-db-host",
    "port": 3306,
    "user": "your-username",
    "password": "your-password",
    "name": "kimoServer",
    "charset": "utf8"
  }
}

Run the application
```
python app.py
```

Application will start at: http://localhost:5000

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

👤 Author

ChanYiCYJ

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