Flextype is an open-source Hybrid Content Management System with the freedom of a headless CMS and with the full functionality of a traditional CMS. Building this Content Management System, we focused on simplicity. To achieve this, we implemented a simple but powerful API’s.
With Flextype, you are in complete control. Design your data structure the way you want. Update and share your data with others and teams using version control. Flextype does not require MySQL database, because all the data are collected in a simple files. Perfect portability when changing your hosting provider. Just copy all the files from one server to another.
The underlying architecture of Flextype is built using well established and best-in-class technologies. This is to ensure that Flextype is simple to use and easy to extend. Some of these key technologies include:
- Slim PHP: Framework for powerful web applications and APIs.
- Doctrine Project: A set of decoupled and reusable PHP libraries for powerful web applications.
- The PHP League: The League of Extraordinary PHP Packages well tested and using modern coding standards.
- Respect Validation: The most awesome validation engine ever created for PHP.
- Thunderer Shortcode: Advanced shortcode (BBCode) parser and engine for PHP.
- Markdown & Parsedown: Easy content creation using Markdown Syntax.
- YAML: Human friendly data serialization format for simple configuration.
Flextype require a webserver (Apache with Mod Rewrite), PHP 7.3.0 or higher, in addition to the PHP extensions mbstring, gd, json, fileinfo, SPL and DOM. Although it is optional, but it’s strongly recommend to enable the following PHP extensions: APC, APCu, XCache, Memcached, or Redis for better performance.
Released under an MIT license, for more information https://flextype.org/en
