https://github.com/pivlu/pivlu
Pivlu - Open source CMS and Website Builder. Pivlu is an WordPress alternative, written in PHP and using the Laravel framework
https://github.com/pivlu/pivlu
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Pivlu - Open source CMS and Website Builder. Pivlu is an WordPress alternative, written in PHP and using the Laravel framework
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/pivlu/pivlu
- Owner: pivlu
- License: agpl-3.0
- Created: 2025-12-23T23:27:52.000Z (6 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2026-01-20T23:59:11.000Z (5 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-01-21T04:22:07.413Z (5 months ago)
- Topics: cms, laravel, php, pivlu, website-builder
- Language: PHP
- Homepage: https://pivlu.com
- Size: 8.31 MB
- Stars: 1
- Watchers: 0
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 2
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
## About Pivlu
Pivlu is a free and open source CMS (Content Managementr System) and Website Builder, written in PHP and using the Laravel framework.
**Pivlu** is an alternative to existing CMS and Website Builders, like WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Wix, Weebly, SquareSpace, Ghost and others. Pivlu offers a great opportunity to grow your business building websites and applications.
Pivlu use a **plugin system that extends the features and functions** of a Pivlu website. Plugins make it easier for users and developers to add features to their website without knowing a single line of code.
## Pivlu core features
One of the main advantages of Pivlu is that the most important functionalities are implemented in the core code, without the need to install additional plugins or themes.
- **Multi-lingual**
- **Search Engine Optimisation**: Out of the box SEO & SEF.
- **User Management and Permissions** (ACL) - allows you to manage the users of your site, and different groups, roles and permissions.
- **Website Builder**. Create profesional and full responsive templates without coding, regardless of experience or skill. Create content blocks, sliders, menus, footers, sidebars and more.
- **Custom post types**. Post types are ways of categorizing different types of content. In addition to the two most common post types (posts and pages), you can create your own custom content type.
- **Extendable**: extends the features and functions of your website uisng plugin system.
- **Free forever**: Pivlu is free to use under A-GPL license.
## Quick Start Installation
If you have composer installed, run this in your terminal to create a fresh project in a directory named "myprivlu".
```composer create-project pivlu/skeleton mypivlu```
After creating the project, go to your project folder and install Pivlu CMS from command line..
```cd mypivlu```
```php artisan pivlu:install```
This command will create database tables, setup website, copy the assets files and create an admin user.
> [!NOTE]
> **This repository contains the code for the core Pivlu CMS.**
>
> If you want to create a new project, the code for a fresh Pivlu project can be found here: [Pivlu repository](https://github.com/pivlu/skeleton).