Kirby

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Kirby is a file-based cms

Easy to setup, easy to use, flexible as hell

Kirby is just 30 € per website.
No monthly fees / Free extensions
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Features

Instant Installation

Installing Kirby means uploading some files to your server and that's it. No fighting with your database setup, no 10-step setup wizard – it's a matter of seconds.

Any content you like

Blog articles, galleries, simple pages or complex product sheets – with Kirby you are not limited to a fixed data structure. You are in control of your content.

Your design, your templates

With Kirby you won't get huge amounts of predefined templates and design stuff. It's up to you to build whatever you like with it. Kirby won't be in your way.

NoSQL? Kirby prefers NoDB!

Kirby is file-based – No database involved. This means easy backups, super fast content editing with your favorite editor and many other awesome sideeffects.

jQuery inspired API

Kirby's highly flexible API is very easy to learn and will boost your productivity while you can focus on building awesome websites.

Low requirements

All you need to get started is
PHP 5.2+ and an Apache server.
Kirby is pretty modest :)
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Made with Kirby and

Deutsche & Japaner

http://deutscheundjapaner.com

Deutsche & Japaner is a small design studio based in Mannheim, Germany. Their focus is on high quality graphic and product design and their site is crammed with awesome projects.

Parat

http://buero-parat.de/

Buero Parat is a Hamburg based architecture bureau with a top-notch portfolio. They use Kirby to quickly update their news and work section.

King Bansah School

http://king-bansah-school.com/

King Bansah is a king from Ghana who works as a car mechanic in Germany. To collect money for his people in Ghana he does a lot of charity work and even sings German "Schlager" in entertainment shows on television.

His latest project is to build a school in Ghana and this website is trying to collect enough donations to make that happen.

Rico Maier

http://ricomaier.com

Rico Maier is a freelance graphic designer from Switzerland, who is focused on corporate and logo design.

Andreas Dantz

http://dantz.me

Andreas is a web designer from Bremen, Germany, who runs his own web design and development company http://vortrieb.net/

He was one of the first beta testers of Kirby and the first who decided to port his personal site and blog to Kirby.

UI/UX

http://uiux.de

Marcel Böttcher decided to use Kirby for his beautiful website relaunch. With BMW, TUI or Munich RE he has worked for an impressive array of clients and his new site is definitely worth a look!

electerious

http://blog.electerious.com/

Tobias Reich – a German designer and web developer from Frankfurt – has built his brand new, beautifully designed blog with Kirby.

gerbers.ch

http://gerbers.ch/

Niklaus Gerber is a conceptor of cutting edge new media from Bern, Switzerland. He built his nice, stylish one-pager with Kirby.