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Description: Grav is a Modern, Crazy Fast, Ridiculously Easy and Amazingly Powerful Flat-File CMS.
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# Build Faster Websites

##### Grav is a modern open source flat-file CMS

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Stable Version 1.7.33 NEW! updated 3 weeks ago • Changelog

# Why Choose Grav?

Voted "Best Open Source CMS" in 2016

Voted "Best Flat File CMS" in 2017, 2019 & 2020!

Fast

Performance is not just an afterthought, we baked it in from the start

Extensible

Grav has a powerful API and sophisticated Package Manager to make it super flexible

Open Source

Grav is Open Source, and all the code is available on GitHub.com

# Super Easy to Use

The Grav admin plugin provides a simple and intuitive interface to make configuration and content creation easy and enjoyable.

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The Grav Admin dashboard provides a quick glance at your site state

Easily modify Grav's flexible configuration settings with its advanced forms

Editing content is a breeze with Grav's powerful markdown editor

Changing your administrator information is quick and easy

Grav has a built in package manager with one-click install for plugins

You can also install a wide range of modern themes with one-click

# be a hero developer

Packed to the gills with amazing features and tools, coupled with heaps of detailed documentation, Grav will make you look like a hero developer!

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# a bevy of features

- #### Enjoyable Content Creation

  Use your favorite Markdown editor to create your content online or offline

- #### One-Click Installs

  The built-in Package Manager lets you to find, install, and easily update extensions and themes for Grav

- #### Stellar Performance

  Grav intelligently caches content to deliver great performance, regardless of hosting

- #### Powerful Content Filtering

  Create unlimited taxonomies such as tags, categories, and authors to filter and manage your content

- #### Dynamic Content Types

  The flat-file nature of Grav lets you define custom fields for any of your pages, including modular content

- #### Multi-Language Support

  A simple mechanism for presenting sites in multiple languages is built into Grav

- #### Simple Backups and Restores

  Being file based means backing up and restoring your data is super easy, and changing hosts/servers is a breeze!

- #### Image Media Processing

  Dynamic image manipulation to resize, crop, resample, and effects all with automatic caching of images

- #### Easy Theme Customization

  No need to start from scratch, use Theme Inheritance and then modify the bits you need, allowing for easier update

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# The Grav Professionals

Trilby Media is a development company you can turn to for help with your Grav site. Trilby offers a variety of professional services and is run by the same team that built Grav in the first place!

- Grav consulting services
- Custom Grav plugin development
- Custom Grav theme development
- Existing Grav plugin and theme customization
- Porting to Grav from other platforms
- Grav site design and development

Contact Trilby Media

# Community Driven

Grav is an open source project hosted on GitHub, originated by Trilby Media but made possible by an outstanding community of dedicated developers and users. The Grav community contributes and shares their knowledge and experiences on our GitHub repository, GetGrav Forums, and our Discord chat server.

- GitHub
- Forums
- Discord

Grav is proudly part of the Open Collective family. You can now support the community and keep development going strong by becoming a backer or a sponsor.

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# There are no limits!

From simple to sophisticated, Grav has the flexibility to power all sorts of websites. Flexible content structure and powerful Twig templating allow easy realization of any design.

Blogs

Business Sites

Directory

Documentation

Landing Pages

Portfolios

Product Sites

Personal Resumes

E-Commerce

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# Built with Grav

Grav is a highly versatile platform. Give your creativity wings and Grav will set you free!

## reBuy

tech.rebuy.com

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## Wondrous Digital Agency

wearewondrous.com

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## Olaf Brickarp

yay.se

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## CreMonte

www.cremonte.me

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## Milk River Outfitters

milkriveroutfitters.com

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## Klavierduo Eckerle

http://klavierduo-eckerle.de

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## Timo Volz Fotodesign

timovolz.de

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## Drayton Partners

draytonpartners.com

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## Presciense

presciense.com

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## Paul Massendari

paulmassendari.com

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## Newtquest Games

newtquestgames.com

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## Hagstrom Builder

hagstrombuilder.com

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## Gantry Framework

gantry.org

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## SEE

saveourplanet.org

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## Slidecraft

slidecraft.com

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## California State University

mba.csumb.edu/

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## Sequence Break

sqncbrk.com

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# What people are saying

Still need convincing? Check out what people are saying about Grav. If you have any thoughts or questions, please reach out and ask us.

- ##### Richard Allen

  @pmrourkie

  Absolutely loving @getgrav. Simple, powerful and very fast!

- ##### Ryan Little

  @ryantereu

  Only just began using @getgrav as a cms, but their documentation alone is swoon-worthy: friendly, thorough, well-designed.

- ##### Dayle Rees

  @daylerees

  I've just had a play, and it's honestly VERY good. Only a few SF2 components too so it's FAST.

- ##### Daniel Kao

  @diplateevo

  @getgrav Just might be one of the biggest game changers in web CMSs.

- ##### Reach Content

  @reachcontent

  Getting to know @getgrav you'll want to nominate it as Best New

- ##### Casey Grzecka

  @z3cka

  Grav is legit! I'm ready to leave Drupal in the dust of complexity.

- ##### Faisal Khan

  @babushka99

  Grav is my new love. So uber-smooth, exceptionally fast and just the right amounts of knobs and switches! @getgrav

- ##### Serge K. Keller

  @citizenk

  You know, @getgrav may finally be a CMS that does not weight me down for projects I love. And yes, the pun was definitely intended.

- ##### Bryan Ollendyke

  @btopro

  30 seconds after installing @getgrav impression: this is a wordpress killer and we need a site factory for it in @elmsln for portfolios

- ##### Steven Lain

  @stevenjlain

  just installed grav & it is such a pleasure to use. Hats off to the grav team. I look forward to using grav on many, many projects!

- ##### Air Petr

  @air_petr

  @getgrav Thank you for Grav!!! Dived in for last few days. It's realy spellbinding!

- ##### Jozef Maxted

  @jozefmaxted

  Played around with @getgrav this evening and I'm impressed. Super simple page creation and theming, flexible workflow, just nice to use!

- ##### Harley Hicks

  @harlshicks

  @getgrav is bringing back my joy for web development and design. So easy to get up and running, and all the puzzle pieces fit so well.

- ##### Denis Duvauchelle

  @desduvauchelle

  Loving @getgrav over wordpress. If you are developer, you're probably going to fall for it. If your not, you'll probably like it as well.

- ##### David Blum

  @dblO_Om

  @rhuk I just read the complete @getgrav documentation. It is so well written and styled, it's a pleasure. Brilliant!

- ##### Scott Edgar

  @thesneakybandit

  Just started learning a new CMS. Ok, learnt it. Brilliantly simple stuff from @getgrav.

- ##### Mike Wink

  @mikewink

  Ohh how I love deployments in Grav (@getgrav)! Everything is a .md or .yaml file, no hassle with DBs or other content silos.

- ##### Stephen Foster

  @s_r_foster

  @getgrav Your CMS is the BEST. I was able to make my site in no time flat: http://stephenfoster.us

- ##### Bison

  @bison_42

  everyone should know that there is http://getgrav.org out there a flat-file CMS that does not suck it's awesome!

- ##### Vitor Costa

  @vmcosta

  I've just found the best flat file CMS, finally… @getgrav amazing work guys, nicely done, and yes I hate databases too ;)

- ##### David Easton

  @dweebvid

  Was developing around Wordpress,I wanted to tone down the over-complexity for my needs. I found a flat-file cms called @getGrav and it rocks

- ##### Parker Agee

  @parkeragee

  Fell in love with the @getgrav and @snipcart combo tonight. Extremely fast set up and works like a charm.

- ##### Yahya Zini

  @YahyaZini

  A shout out to the @getgrav team for creating such a great

- ##### Paul Orwig

  @porwig

  If you haven't taken a look at @getgrav, you should! Many good ideas, thoughtfully implemented. Great work, @rhuk!

- ##### John Williams

  @thudfactor

  The CMS from @getgrav continues to impress. "What do I need to do to implement open graph metadata? Oh… nothing."

- ##### Noah Betzen

  @nezteb

  [Grav] is by far the best CMS I've ever had the privilege of using. @getgrav

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