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clsystems/phalcms
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A Content Management System built with Phalcon v4 and UiKit v3

v1.0.4(5y ago)131GNU GPLv3JavaScriptCI failing

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PhalCMS
=======

[](#phalcms)

A Content Management System based on Phalcon v4 and UIKit v3

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- Apache
- PHP >= 7.2
- MySql >= 5.7
- Phalcon >= 4.0
- PHP JSON extension
- PHP MBSTRING extension
- PHP ZIP extension
- PHP mod-rewrite
- [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md#installation-linux-unix-osx)

Included
--------

[](#included)

- [Php-registry](https://github.com/CLSystems/php-registry)
- [Php-filter](https://github.com/CLSystems/php-filter)

Core features
-------------

[](#core-features)

- Multilingual
- Categories nested (Nested Set Model)
- Posts
- Products
- Comments
- Custom fields
- Menus
- Widgets
- Plugins
- Mailer
- Users
- Roles
- Custom admin path
- Template override
- Auto compress JS and CSS
- ...

Core assets - a HUGE thank you to
---------------------------------

[](#core-assets---a-huge-thank-you-to)

- Jquery v1.12.4
- Jquery ui v1.12.1
- Jquery nested
- UIkit v3.3.2

Installation for Development
============================

[](#installation-for-development)

### Clone this repo

[](#clone-this-repo)

```
git clone https://github.com/clsystems/phalcms.git
```

### Add current user to www-data group (to allow writing config.ini file during install)

[](#add-current-user-to-www-data-group-to-allow-writing-configini-file-during-install)

```
sudo usermod -a -G www-data $USER
```

### Chmod permissions

[](#chmod-permissions)

```
cd phalcms
sudo chgrp -R www-data src
sudo chmod -R g+w src
sudo chmod -R g+s src
```

### Composer install

[](#composer-install)

```
cd src
composer install
```

Run website
-----------

[](#run-website)

```
Create a database with utf8mb4_unicode_ci collation.
Default database name is phalcms.

Make sure to setup your domain in such a way that 'src/public' is the webdirectory.
ie: "Document Root /var/www/example.tld/src/public"

```

Browse to  and enjoy

OR
==

[](#or)

Build with Docker
-----------------

[](#build-with-docker)

```
cd ../
docker-compose build
docker-compose up -d
```

Browse  and enjoy

CLI
---

[](#cli)

When located in main folder (1 step above /src) do:

```
php cli.php task:main

```

NB: CLI will only function AFTER config.ini has been created.

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 41% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~71 days

Total

4

Last Release

1996d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2074187?v=4)[CLSystems](/maintainers/CLSystems)[@CLSystems](https://github.com/CLSystems)

---

Top Contributors

[![orbex](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2074126?v=4)](https://github.com/orbex "orbex (60 commits)")

---

Tags

phalconphpuikitphpcmsphalconContent management systemuikitphalcms

###  Code Quality

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Code StylePHP CS Fixer

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