Lightweight CMS

Welcome to the official site of Lightweight CMS, which is a live demonstration of Lightweight CMS itself.

Cross Platform

Run Lightweight CMS on Windows, macOS and GNU/Linux

PHP Based

Implemented in a lingua franca well known by virtually all web developers

Lightweight Languages

Write posts in either Markdown, AsciiDoc or reStructuredText

Dual Mode

Either a static site or a dynamic site. Switch between them is piece of cake

Database Free

Manage you site by a version control system like Git

MIT License

Permissive for both personal and commercial sites

Quick Start

We think you are using

> choco install php --version=8.1.21
> choco install composer
> choco install nodejs --version=18.17.0
> choco install rsync
> choco install sed

> git clone https://github.com/cwchentw/lightweight-cms.git mysite
> cd mysite
> git checkout master
> .\tools\bin\serve.bat

> git remote set-url origin https://example.com/user/mysite.git
> .\tools\bin\migrate.bat
> git add .
> git commit -m "Migrate to a new site"
> git push -u origin master

$ brew install php@8.1
$ brew install composer
$ brew install node@18

$ git clone https://github.com/cwchentw/lightweight-cms.git mysite
$ cd mysite
$ git checkout master
$ ./tools/bin/serve

$ sudo apt install php php-xml php-mbstring php-zip unzip

$ curl -o composer-setup.php https://getcomposer.org/installer
$ php composer-setup.php --install-dir=$HOME/bin --filename=composer

$ nvm install 18.17.0
$ nvm use 18.17.0

$ git clone https://github.com/cwchentw/lightweight-cms.git mysite
$ cd mysite
$ git checkout master
$ ./tools/bin/serve

$ git remote set-url origin https://example.com/user/mysite.git
$ ./tools/bin/migrate
$ git add .
$ git commit -m "Migrate to a new site"
$ git push -u origin master

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Articles

About

Lightweight CMS represents a dual-mode, flat-file content management system (CMS) powered by PHP. Based on the method a CMS renders web pages, Read More

Basic Usage

This article illustrates the basic usage of Lightweight CMS. Some details are omitted for brevity. We will introduce them in other posts. Any Read More

Write Posts

As a would-be owner of an awesome content website, you cannot wait to write and publish posts for your site. This article illustrates how to Read More

Deploy to Nginx

This article demonstrates the whole process to deploy a Lightweight CMS site to a Nginx web server on GNU/Linux. Invoke this command to install Read More

Paid Services

Currently, we don't provide paid services related to Lightweight CMS. You may open a dicussion on GitHub instead. Read More

Reference

The reference of Lightweight CMS. It doesn't intend as a tutorial for beginners. If you are still unfamiliar with Lightweight CMS, read our introductory Explore More

HOWTOs

In-depth guides on how to do something on Lightweight CMS. They are neither tutorials nor references. Read our introductory articles first if Explore More

Tips

Short text to illustrate the usage of Lightweight CMS. They intend to supplement other posts on this site.Explore More

Sample Posts

Some random sample posts. They are not really parts of Lightweight CMS documentation. You may check how Lightweight CMS renders web pages with Explore More