Kirby - The file-based content management system

With Kirby, you build your own ideal interface. Combine forms, galleries, articles, spreadsheets and more into an amazing editing experience.

Interface elements for Kirby’s control panel

Dashboard

Set up the dashboard to fit each site perfectly. Give editors quick access to the most important data.
Article

Set up an enjoyable and distraction-free writing interface for your articles.
Blog

Show drafts, unreviewed and published articles in a side-by-side view for your blog.
Project

Create visually stunning interfaces for projects with galleries and custom meta data.
Contact Page

Combine various field types in a matching layout to make even complex pages highly intuitive.

And if you ever run out of ideas or possibilities? Get a plugin or build your own interface elements.

…like this fantastic Matomo plugin
by Sylvain Julé ›

Screenshot of the Matomo plugin by Sylvain Julé

Just files and folders

content
- photography
  - oceans
    - album.txt
    - ocean.jpg
  - photography.txt
- contact
  - contact.txt
- home
  - home.txt
- error
  - error.txt
- site.txt

Drag & Drop installation via FTP
Very robust and easy to back up
Simple version control via Git
Incredible performance
Super fast development process

Your markup on fire

<article class="album">
  <h1><?= $page->title() ?></h1>
  <figure class="cover">
    <?= $cover->resize(800, 600) ?>
  </figure>
  <div class="text">
    <?= $page->text()->kirbytext() ?>
  </div>
  <ul class="gallery">
    <?php foreach ($gallery as $image): ?>
    <li><?= $image->crop(300) ?></li>
    <?php endforeach ?>
  </ul>
</article>

High-performance PHP template engine
Powerful chainable PHP API
Combine data from everywhere on your site
Built-in image manipulation
Replaceable template engine (bring your own engine)

Any content you like

Organize content your way. Every page type or data entry can have the completely unique data structure that your project demands.
Internationalization

Multi-language support is baked right into the core, so you don’t depend on plugins or frameworks to translate your site.
Asset management

Kirby stores media files in the same folder as the page content, not in a giant media library. Never lose track of pictures or other items again.
Markdown & KirbyText

Enjoy a fast and effective editing experience with Markdown. KirbyText extends Markdown and makes it even easier to add links, images, videos and more to your text.
Built-in REST API

Use Kirby as a headless CMS with the full power of the Panel in the background. This makes Kirby the perfect companion for your SPAs or mobile applications.
Version control

As Kirby is a file-based CMS, you can version control all content with Git or any other VCS. Deployments, backups and synchronization of multiple stages are a breeze.
Bring your own data sources

While files and folders are Kirby’s primary data source, you can generate pages from databases, REST APIs or even Excel sheets if that’s your thing.
Custom publishing workflows

Customizable page states give you maximum control over your workflow, from drafts over unreviewed to published pages. Choose what you need and start creating.
Vue UI Kit

Kirby’s Panel is powered by Vue. Use the full power of Vue or our Vue UI component kit to make the admin interface truly yours.

Not convinced yet? Find out why Kirby is made for you ›

Don't take our word for it:

Steve Urmston

@getkirby This is awesome! I'm finding it painful to build sites *without* using Kirby. Outstanding.
Bart Vandeputte

I initially tried Kirby as a prototyping framework. It worked out so great I now build most of my sites with it. It's by far the best CMS I've used for multilingual content-sites.
Jon Roobottom

Must say, I'm absolutely in love with @getkirby — simply the best php based CMS I've ever used. It's a thing of logical-beauty.
Bowstreet

After so many big web applications and sites we really love the downright simplicity of @getkirby.
Brendan Dawes

Just read the docs for @getkirby and it looks great. @bastianallgeier is one clever bastard.
Luke Dorny

… @getkirby I've been looking at it. Extremely impressed with how clean and ready it is.
Sascha Bregenhorn

I'm thrilled. File-based cms @getkirby is super-easy, super-clean and super-awesome. Thanks, @bastianallgeier.
Brian Warren

I couldn’t be happier with my choice to use Kirby. It’s a stellar application that suits me very well.
Edenspiekermann

easy to setup, easy to use and flexible as hell – that's what @getkirby says about establishing a wiki and we approve