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frdl/cms
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CMS (originally forked from rosell-dk/handsdown)

v0.0.2(3y ago)019[1 PRs](https://github.com/frdl/cms/pulls)1MITPHPPHP >=8.0

Since Jun 16Pushed 2y agoCompare

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cms
===

[](#cms)

This is a simple Content-Management-System, originally forked from/inspired by [Handsdown CMS](https://github.com/rosell-dk/handsdown).

WTF - Why the fork?
-------------------

[](#wtf---why-the-fork)

The main goals was to *keep it simple*, thanks to [rosell-dk](https://github.com/rosell-dk). I further added..

### Changes and goals

[](#changes-and-goals)

- rewritten to OOP, CMS class \[x\]
- removed Parsedown, using league/common-mark instead \[x\]
- make it more configurable \[x\]
- make it modular extensible \[ \]
- admin and config panels \[ \]
- disable the execution of *php* files by default, make it optionally be enabled \[x\]\[ \]
- recognize *htm*, *html* files \[x\]
- changed *include* to *file\_get\_contents* to prevent the execution of bad code, parse the string instead \[x\]
- multisite/multi-domain hosting, many instances multitenancy system \[ \]
- .md, WYSIWYG- , Homepage-, Theme-, ... Editors. \[ \]

#### Demo/Example

[](#demoexample)

- [Frdlweb Software Hub](https://software-download.frdlweb.de/)

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 23% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity46

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 71.7% 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 ~61 days

Total

2

Last Release

1357d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/831c50002c08bb751b698844c98cd6b36897678268b47f1f872a30f4e192ac22?d=identicon)[webfan](/maintainers/webfan)

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Top Contributors

[![wehowski](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2658030?v=4)](https://github.com/wehowski "wehowski (33 commits)")[![rosell-dk](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/17592708?v=4)](https://github.com/rosell-dk "rosell-dk (13 commits)")

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Tags

cmsflat

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