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[Directory](/) 2. / 3. marvin/marvin ActiveLibrary marvin/marvin ============= PHP micro CMS based on Silex framework 0.1.5(10y ago)3520543MITJavaScriptPHP >=5.3.3 Since Aug 7Pushed 10y ago3 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/orthes/marvin)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/marvin/marvin)[ Docs](http://github.com/orthes/marvin)[ RSS](/packages/marvin-marvin/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1w ago READMEChangelog (9)Dependencies (16)Versions (11)Used By (3) Marvin ====== [](#marvin) [![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/3f1ef77034e40e826415a2de3269fd40d93c34eda9b4f493fa68e655c5f257b7/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6d617276696e2f6d617276696e2f762f737461626c65)](https://packagist.org/packages/marvin/marvin)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/c7eeff38a7d2ea1462d0cc90a02f65aadb5c1eb274b3d353c328a76937e236a1/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6d617276696e2f6d617276696e2f646f776e6c6f616473)](https://packagist.org/packages/marvin/marvin)[![Latest Unstable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/5b9988bed331555b19188e74a622234b5d24d96f7174167348a3f005a4865269/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6d617276696e2f6d617276696e2f762f756e737461626c65)](https://packagist.org/packages/marvin/marvin)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/e8d9ca9399ba68641f251e907fc84152fbced799d567ae26f8e9168cd6eb47f4/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6d617276696e2f6d617276696e2f6c6963656e7365)](https://packagist.org/packages/marvin/marvin)[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/9cf10665b2328bb9b1755fafff8c917bb5a852fe17f594d5c51e31b58c9af6ac/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6f72746865732f6d617276696e2e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/orthes/marvin)[![SensioLabsInsight](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/c885702ca8897420d583a26dec842a26fdbd2be0afa25b823930d3013765937e/68747470733a2f2f696e73696768742e73656e73696f6c6162732e636f6d2f70726f6a656374732f39623063316662302d616531302d343237302d393434352d3863366137643661306663622f6d696e692e706e67)](https://insight.sensiolabs.com/projects/9b0c1fb0-ae10-4270-9445-8c6a7d6a0fcb) Marvin is a **micro CMS** for PHP 5.3+. [![Marvin 01](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/49f34bf11458cf1bdddad93fc8f848b108c9a948ceec17796d03951545d4dc93/687474703a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f73456b594c6d6a2e706e67)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/49f34bf11458cf1bdddad93fc8f848b108c9a948ceec17796d03951545d4dc93/687474703a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f73456b594c6d6a2e706e67)[![Marvin 02](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/ad7afeac0d45aa2c00077ed42aa9fdfc66215a116719ba19a3189249d2c2befa/687474703a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f744f50675259522e706e67)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/ad7afeac0d45aa2c00077ed42aa9fdfc66215a116719ba19a3189249d2c2befa/687474703a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f744f50675259522e706e67) Why micro CMS? -------------- [](#why-micro-cms) Currently most used and beloved CMS solutions, such as WordPress, Drupal and Joomla are great, if you're building big websites for tech-savvy customers, who are not afraid of using complex administration systems. But if you want to make just a simple few-page website, those systems are huge **overkill**. Currently used content management systems are really hard to use for a basic user. Too many options doesn't make users just confused, it enables them to screw things up and that makes them afraid to use system at all. What is Marvin? --------------- [](#what-is-marvin) > Marvin: "I am at a rough estimate thirty billion times more intelligent than you. Let me give you an example. Think of a number, any number." > > Zem: "Er, five." > > Marvin: "Wrong. You see?" Marvin is [a robot with a brain big as a planet](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_the_Paranoid_Android) and also a simple CMS for PHP 5.3+. But Marvin is not yet another CMS you need to learn from ground up. It is based on wonderful [Silex framework](http://silex.sensiolabs.org)which is build on the shoulders of Symfony2 and Pimple. That means it's fully tested and verified by thousands of developers. Marvin is developed with **Test Driven Development (TDD)** approach using [PHPUnit](http://phpunit.de) for testing backend and [QUnit](http://qunitjs.com) for testing JavaScript. Default database is set to [SQLite](http://www.sqlite.org), but thank's to Silex it works out of the box with MySQL, PostgreSQL or Oracle, too. Frontend is build using famous [Bootstrap](http://getbootstrap.com), so you don't have to learn new conventions even here. It's distributed via [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) and frontend uses full advantage of [Grunt](http://gruntjs.com) and [Bower](http://bower.io). And the best part? It's **open source and free under MIT license**. Demo ---- [](#demo) Live demo could be found here: Administration is in [/admin](http://marvin.linkesch.com/admin) folder and you can use "**admin**" as a username and "**foo**" as a password. The live demo's database is automatically refreshed every 10 minutes. Plugins ------- [](#plugins) Marvin consists of separate plugins, so for each project you can pick precisely only what you need. Currently available plugins: - [Pages](https://github.com/orthes/marvin-pages) \* - [Users](https://github.com/orthes/marvin-users) \* - [Articles](https://github.com/orthes/marvin-articles) - [**How to create a custom plugin**](https://github.com/orthes/marvin/wiki/Plugins) Plugins marked with an asterisk (\*) are core necessary files needed for Marvin's basic functioning. Download and Installation ------------------------- [](#download-and-installation) ### Via Composer [](#via-composer) The **recommended** way to start with Marvin is via Composer: 1. Install [Composer](https://getcomposer.org) 2. Create in your project folder file **composer.json** with this content: ``` { "require": { "marvin/marvin": "~0.1" }, "scripts": { "post-package-install": "Marvin\\Marvin\\Install::postPackageInstall" } } ``` 3. Run `composer install` command 4. Go to folder web/ which was automatically created (`cd web`) 5. Run `npm install` command 6. Run `grunt install` command That's it. Now you can visit your new website powered by Marvin in a browser. You will see, that it will automatically run final installation steps and you are ready to go. ### Via an Archive [](#via-an-archive) The best way to download and install Marvin is via Composer (see above), but if you're not comfortable with it, you can start by downloading an archive with everything included: [Download Marvin 0.1.4 as **ZIP**](https://github.com/orthes/marvin/releases/download/0.1.4/marvin.zip). Administration -------------- [](#administration) Administration could be found in **/admin** folder. Default administrator's credentials are: - E-mail: **** - Password: **foo** Documentation ------------- [](#documentation) - [Installation](https://github.com/orthes/marvin/wiki/Installation) - [Folder Structure](https://github.com/orthes/marvin/wiki/Folder-Structure) - [Configuration](https://github.com/orthes/marvin/wiki/Configuration) - [Usage](https://github.com/orthes/marvin/wiki/Usage) - [Themes](https://github.com/orthes/marvin/wiki/Themes) - [Plugins](https://github.com/orthes/marvin/wiki/Plugins) Author ------ [](#author) Pavel Linkesch | [@linkesch](http://twitter.com/linkesch) | [http://www.linkesch.com](http://linkesch.com) ### Health Score 30 — LowBetter than 64% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity23 Limited adoption so far Community15 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity54 Maturing project, gaining track record 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 ~40 days Recently: every ~67 days Total 10 Last Release 3941d ago ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/71523528?v=4)[Pavel Linkesch](/maintainers/orthes)[@orthes](https://github.com/orthes) --- Top Contributors [![linkesch](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/312938?v=4)](https://github.com/linkesch "linkesch (97 commits)") --- Tags cmssilexsimple-cmsmicro cms ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/marvin-marvin/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/marvin-marvin/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/marvin-marvin) ``` ### Alternatives [shopware/platform The Shopware e-commerce core 3.3k1.5M3](/packages/shopware-platform)[sylius/sylius E-Commerce platform for PHP, based on Symfony framework. 8.4k5.6M651](/packages/sylius-sylius)[sulu/sulu Core framework that implements the functionality of the Sulu content management system 1.3k1.3M152](/packages/sulu-sulu)[ec-cube/ec-cube EC-CUBE EC open platform. 78527.0k1](/packages/ec-cube-ec-cube)[easycorp/easyadmin-bundle Admin generator for Symfony applications 4.3k16.7M310](/packages/easycorp-easyadmin-bundle)[contao/core-bundle Contao Open Source CMS 1231.6M2.4k](/packages/contao-core-bundle) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)