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Grav

Modern, crazy-fast, and open source flat-file CMS written in PHP.

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Overview

Why consider Grav?

Grav is a modern open-source flat-file CMS written in PHP. Requiring zero relational database setup, Grav stores content as Markdown files with YAML frontmatter, utilizing Twig templating, Doctrine Cache, and an optional visual admin panel plugin.

Guided learning

Learn Grav by building

Practical setup notes, real use cases, and copy-ready examples in one focused guide.

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Overview of Grav

Grav provides extreme performance and effortless Git backups since the entire website lives in text files without MySQL.

Quickstart

bash
1# Download and extract Grav
2curl -O -L https://getgrav.org/download/core/grav/latest
3unzip latest
4cd grav && bin/grav install

Grav is licensed under the permissive MIT License.

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Grav FAQs

Grav is listed as a tool on TiloBox. Review the overview, features, and official documentation on this page to decide whether it solves your specific workflow.

Start with the project's GitHub repository and official website for supported installation and deployment instructions. Test the setup with representative data or a small project before rolling it out more widely.

Grav is listed under the MIT license. Read the complete license text and the project's notices before using, modifying, or distributing the software.

Production readiness depends on your requirements. Review maintenance activity, security practices, documentation, backup and upgrade procedures, and compatibility with your stack; then validate it in a non-production environment.

Compare Grav's workflow, hosting model, integrations, documentation, license, and maintenance activity with the related tools shown on this page.