Winter CMS
Laravel-based CMS focused on simplicity and stability
Winter CMS is a free, open-source content management system based on the Laravel framework, created as a community-driven fork of October CMS. It offers a clean backend, a plugin marketplace, and developer-friendly tooling.
Key features
- Laravel foundation
- Plugin marketplace
- Clean admin backend
- Developer tooling
Pros & cons
Strengths
- Released under the MIT license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Active community (1.5k GitHub stars)
- Written in PHP
Trade-offs
- Requires PHP knowledge
- Smaller plugin catalog
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