Bolt CMS
Open-source PHP content management system built on Symfony, usable as a traditional or headless CMS.
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Bolt CMS is a PHP content management system built on Symfony, Doctrine, Twig and API Platform. It works as a traditional site with Twig templates, as a headless backend serving REST and GraphQL, or as both. Content, including field-level translations, is stored in a database, and editors work in a backend under /bolt. Two Kings, a company in the Netherlands, leads development.
Worth knowing
The public documentation covers an older release line than the current one, so its requirements and install steps may trail the latest release. The README records that the previous main maintainer died in early 2024 and that new maintainers took over.
Identity
Rendering and deploy
- Runs as
- Per request6
- Install with
- composer create-project bolt/project, docker (make docker-install), symfony cli6
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-18: name, links, Templating
boltcms.io - 2026-10-18: links, Categories, Built on, Written in, Content API, Multilingual, License, License model
github.com/bolt/core - 2026-10-18: links, Maintainer, Maintained by, Headquarters
boltcms.io/community - 2026-10-18: Built on, Runtime, Minimum runtime
repo.packagist.org/p2/bolt/core.json - 2026-10-18: Content storage, Databases
docs.boltcms.io/5.2/getting-started/requirements - 2026-10-18: Admin interface, Install with, Runs as
docs.boltcms.io/5.2/installation/installation - 2026-10-18: Current major version, Last release
api.github.com/repos/bolt/core/releases/latest - 2026-10-18: GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/bolt/core - 2026-10-18: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/bolt/core/contributors - 2026-10-18: Packagist downloads
packagist.org/packages/bolt/core.json - 2026-10-18: Packagist downloads
packagist.org/packages/bolt/project.json - 2026-10-18: links
boltcms.io/extensions - 2026-10-25: Sites using it (HTTP Archive)
cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies - 2026-10-25: Dependent repositories, Dependent packages
packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/bolt%2Fcore - 2026-10-25: Packagist downloads a month
packagist.org/packages/bolt/core/stats.json