Top 11 PHP flat-file Projects
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Grav
Modern, Crazy Fast, Ridiculously Easy and Amazingly Powerful Flat-File CMS powered by PHP, Markdown, Twig, and Symfony
Congratulations. A big win for Internet decentralization! (It's not sarcasm, I'm all for having your own space on the Internet).
I invite you to try Grav CMS[0], it's what I use for my personal blog[1].
Grav is a flat-file CMS, it doesn't use RDBMS. It's highly perfomant. I also have CloudFlare in front of it, but it was already faster than your typical WordPress you see elsewhere.
Grav also adheres to the latest PHP version, so you don't have to carry along legacy syntax around like other CMSes. Its error pages are comprenhensive and the stack traces are actually readable.
I personally think it's the best out there technically speaking, the best of both worlds (Flat-file and at the same time, dynamic instead of compiling the build every new post), the only drawback is that its plugin ecosystem it's still in the early stages, so if you're to create marketing landing pages or similar, you'll still fall short there.
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The official site for Pico https://picocms.org/.
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Cloudways
Managed Cloud Hosting Platform. Deploy PHP applications on Cloudways web hosting platform to get high uptime and optimized performance. Use the BFCM promo "BFCM2021" to get 40% FLAT discount for FOUR months straight.
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Project mention: Easiest, Free, and Customizable Blogging Platform in 2022? | reddit.com/r/selfhosted | 2022-01-24
If you want to use something nice and simple, Bludit is a good option. I am considering to use it for my next projects. It is one of the easiest to install and does not use any resourses, does not need a database either. Just upload the files and fill the setup form and you are done: https://github.com/bludit/bludit
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Another flat-file blog I tried is HTMLy, by default it has a content type Image post which is basically what you're looking for.
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Try Kirby CMS.
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Flextype
Hybrid Content Management System with the freedom of a headless CMS and with the full functionality of a traditional CMS
Project mention: Styling console applications based on Symfony, Laravel, CakePHP, and other frameworks using Termage! | reddit.com/r/PHP | 2021-10-26In August, I started working on a task that was on me - to make a CLI APP for the functionality of my CMS.
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Scout APM
Less time debugging, more time building. Scout APM allows you to find and fix performance issues with no hassle. Now with error monitoring and external services monitoring, Scout is a developer's best friend when it comes to application development.
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Project mention: A good replacement for Drupal that is docker friendly? | reddit.com/r/selfhosted | 2021-10-14
automad
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https://github.com/adamgreenough/nicholas can turn them in to a JSON feed for you.
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novagallery
novaGallery - a beautiful and and ease to use php image gallery for your photos - flat file - no database required - modern responsive design
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Index
What are some of the best open-source flat-file projects in PHP? This list will help you:
| Project | Stars | |
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| 1 | Grav | 13,132 |
| 2 | Pico | 3,505 |
| 3 | Bludit | 939 |
| 4 | htmly | 765 |
| 5 | Kirby | 648 |
| 6 | Flextype | 481 |
| 7 | WonderCMS | 388 |
| 8 | automad | 266 |
| 9 | Typemill | 191 |
| 10 | nicholas | 39 |
| 11 | novagallery | 12 |
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