Build a small business or portfolio website without setting up a database.
Give designers an unstyled starting point to build a fully custom site look.
Run a website with built-in SEO fields, sitemaps, and contact forms out of the box.
| romeo19361/sonacms | agentpietrucha/ks_affiliation | akarshsatija/php-whois | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Language | PHP | PHP | PHP |
| Last pushed | — | — | 2014-02-06 |
| Maintenance | — | — | Dormant |
| Setup difficulty | easy | moderate | easy |
| Complexity | 2/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 |
| Audience | developer | developer | pm founder |
Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.
Requires PHP 8.0+ and Apache mod_rewrite or an Nginx equivalent.
SonaCMS is a content management system that stores everything as plain JSON files on disk instead of using a database. That means there is no database software to install, configure, or back up. You just place the code on any server that runs PHP and it works right away as an editable website. Because there is no database, the setup is simple: copy a sample configuration file, fill in your admin login, site URL, and email settings, make a few folders writable by the web server, then visit the site to log in and create your first page. Full install steps are included in a separate document. Pages are built using a block based editor, where you add pieces like headings, lists, quotes, images, video embeds, buttons, multi-column layouts, forms, author profile tiles, and code blocks, similar to how modern blog and website editors work. Pages can be organized in a hierarchy, given a custom order, and marked as draft or published. Images can be plain, clickable links, or open in an enlarged lightbox view. Forms include spam protection and can deliver submissions by regular PHP mail or SMTP. The frontend design is intentionally left unstyled, so designers have a blank canvas to build their own look without needing to touch the core system underneath, which makes upgrading the CMS later easier. The system automatically generates a sitemap and canonical URLs, and lets you set SEO fields and social share images on each page. SonaCMS requires PHP 8.0 or newer and a web server with URL rewriting support, such as Apache with mod_rewrite. It is free for evaluation, education, and not-for-profit websites, but commercial use requires a paid license from the project's own site.
A database-free content management system that stores pages as JSON files and includes a block-based page editor, built to run on any PHP server.
Mainly PHP. The stack also includes PHP, Apache, mod_rewrite.
Free to use for evaluation, education, and non-profit websites, but a paid commercial license is required for commercial projects.
Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.
Mainly developer.
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