[HN Gopher] Grav is a modern open-source flat-file CMS
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       Grav is a modern open-source flat-file CMS
        
       Author : thunderbong
       Score  : 28 points
       Date   : 2023-07-16 21:04 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (getgrav.org)
        
       | twic wrote:
       | What is a flat-file CMS? What are CMSs that aren't flat-file?
       | 
       | How many CMSs are there now? How come people are still making
       | more? Why isn't this a boring, fairly stable commodity category
       | the way web servers or something are?
        
         | LeonB wrote:
         | A content management system where the content is stored in
         | flat-files like csv.
         | 
         | You know, like dos-on-dope -
         | 
         | https://github.com/secretGeek/dod
        
         | arnorhs wrote:
         | To be fair, this thing is not new at all
        
       | blondin wrote:
       | the "get premium" sticky makes this website unusable for me. was
       | curious to see how a flat-file CMS can make a come back.
        
       | eikenberry wrote:
       | Website is unreadable on mobile.
        
         | scrubs wrote:
         | Works for me
        
           | eikenberry wrote:
           | Part of the problem probably is that the site won't
           | completely load. Hug of death maybe.
        
       | fideloper wrote:
       | Oh, it's PHP - neat. Personally I think Statamic is the entry to
       | beat for flat-file CMSes in the PHP space. This project is the
       | Symfony flavor I suppose (vs Statamic being based on Laravel).
        
         | manuelmoreale wrote:
         | Personally think https://getkirby.com is the entry to beat but
         | I guess it's just because I'm used to it and it works
         | incredibly well for my use case.
        
           | chrisallick wrote:
           | came here to say this. i went all over looking for a
           | replacement... just pay for it. its exactly what you want. i
           | built https://2020isasong.com/ on kirby and tries to rebuild
           | with grav and ended up deciding kirby was just too good.
        
             | manuelmoreale wrote:
             | Agree and there's something nice in using a paid product
             | with a simple and straightforward license, no silly
             | subscriptions and from a team that genuinely cares about
             | the product.
             | 
             | Plus the product itself is incredibly good and it's getting
             | better and better over time.
        
         | arnorhs wrote:
         | Wait, isn't laravel based on/using a bunch of libraries from
         | symfony? Or did it just use to be that way and it has changed?
        
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