# Flextype

Flat-file content management system written in PHP that stores content as files and offers a built-in REST API.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/flextype/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-20
Listed since: 2026-10-19

## Record

### Links

- home: https://awilum.github.io/flextype
- repository: https://github.com/flextype/flextype
- docs: https://awilum.github.io/flextype/documentation/
- x: https://twitter.com/_flextype

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Sergey Romanenko
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: cms, headless-cms
- hosting: php
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 8.1
- basedOn: slim

### Content

- contentStore: flat-file
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: rest
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: per-request
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: download

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: unknown
- latestReleaseDate: 2022-11-19

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 588
- packagistDownloads: unknown
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://github.com/flextype/flextype (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://github.com/flextype/flextype (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://awilum.github.io/flextype/documentation/ (read 2026-10-20)
- maintainer: https://github.com/flextype/flextype/blob/1.x/LICENSE.txt (read 2026-10-20)
- category: https://awilum.github.io/flextype/documentation/getting-started/what-is-flextype/ (read 2026-10-20)
- basedOn: https://awilum.github.io/flextype/documentation/getting-started/what-is-flextype/ (read 2026-10-20)
- language: https://github.com/flextype/flextype (read 2026-10-20)
- runtime: https://awilum.github.io/flextype/documentation/getting-started/requirements/ (read 2026-10-20)
- runtimeMin: https://awilum.github.io/flextype/documentation/getting-started/requirements/ (read 2026-10-20)
- contentStore: https://awilum.github.io/flextype/documentation/getting-started/what-is-flextype/ (read 2026-10-20)
- headlessApi: https://awilum.github.io/flextype/ (read 2026-10-20)
- installMethod: https://awilum.github.io/flextype/documentation/getting-started/installation/ (read 2026-10-20)
- runsAs: https://awilum.github.io/flextype/documentation/getting-started/requirements/ (read 2026-10-20)
- license: https://github.com/flextype/flextype (read 2026-10-20)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/flextype/flextype/releases (read 2026-10-20)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/flextype/flextype (read 2026-10-20)

## Notes

Flextype is a content management system that keeps its content in flat files instead of a relational database. The [what-is page](https://awilum.github.io/flextype/documentation/getting-started/what-is-flextype/) describes it as a hybrid CMS with a REST API for headless use. It is written in PHP and builds on the Slim framework.

Installation is a download of the release, unzipped and uploaded to a web host, as the [installation page](https://awilum.github.io/flextype/documentation/getting-started/installation/) describes. It runs on a web server through PHP, not as a long-running process.

## Worth knowing

The latest release on the repository is labeled alpha.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0