# Grav

Flat-file PHP content management system that stores pages as Markdown and YAML files without a database.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/grav-cms/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-18
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-18

## Record

### Links

- home: https://getgrav.org
- repository: https://github.com/getgrav/grav
- docs: https://learn.getgrav.org
- pricing: https://getgrav.org/premium
- plugins: https://getgrav.org/downloads/plugins
- x: https://twitter.com/getgrav
- discord: https://chat.getgrav.org
- forum: https://getgrav.org/forum

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Trilby Media
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2015
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: cms
- hosting: php
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 8.3
- basedOn: symfony

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: per-request
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: zip download, composer create-project getgrav/grav, git clone, docker, cloudron, linode marketplace

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-17

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 15687
- packagistDownloads: 90772
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 215
- pluginCount: 531
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: 1477
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 718
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 9
- dependentPackages: 2

### Sources

- name: https://getgrav.org (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://github.com/getgrav/grav (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://getgrav.org (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://getgrav.org (read 2026-10-18)
- firstRelease: https://getgrav.org/about (read 2026-10-18)
- maintainer: https://getgrav.org/ (read 2026-10-20)
- maintainerType: https://getgrav.org (read 2026-10-18)
- wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56313389 (read 2026-10-18)
- category: https://getgrav.org (read 2026-10-18)
- basedOn: https://getgrav.org (read 2026-10-18)
- language: https://github.com/getgrav/grav (read 2026-10-18)
- runtime: https://learn.getgrav.org/2/basics/requirements (read 2026-10-18)
- runtimeMin: https://learn.getgrav.org/2/basics/requirements (read 2026-10-18)
- runtimeMin: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/getgrav/grav.json (read 2026-10-18)
- contentStore: https://getgrav.org (read 2026-10-18)
- adminUi: https://learn.getgrav.org/2/basics/installation (read 2026-10-18)
- headlessApi: https://getgrav.org/headless (read 2026-10-18)
- headlessApi: https://learn.getgrav.org/20/api (read 2026-10-18)
- templating: https://getgrav.org (read 2026-10-18)
- i18n: https://learn.getgrav.org/2/content/multi-language (read 2026-10-18)
- installMethod: https://learn.getgrav.org/2/basics/installation (read 2026-10-18)
- license: https://github.com/getgrav/grav (read 2026-10-18)
- licenseModel: https://getgrav.org/headless (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://getgrav.org (read 2026-10-18)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/getgrav/grav/releases/latest (read 2026-10-18)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/getgrav/grav/releases/latest (read 2026-10-18)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/getgrav/grav (read 2026-10-18)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/getgrav/grav/contributors (read 2026-10-18)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/getgrav/grav.json (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://getgrav.org/downloads/plugins (read 2026-10-18)
- pluginCount: https://getgrav.org/downloads/plugins (read 2026-10-18)
- runsAs: https://learn.getgrav.org/17/basics/installation (read 2026-10-19)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/getgrav%2Fgrav (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/getgrav%2Fgrav (read 2026-10-25)
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/getgrav/grav/stats.json (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Grav is a flat-file content management system in PHP, built and maintained by Trilby Media. Pages are folders of Markdown and YAML files, so a site runs without a database. Rendering uses Twig on top of Symfony components. Plugins and themes come from the project's directory, and multi-language content is supported.

The admin is a single-page application built with SvelteKit and installed as an optional plugin. A REST API is available for headless use.

## Worth knowing

Multisite support is preliminary, and the admin does not fully support it. The project's documentation disagrees on whether the REST API ships with Grav or comes from a plugin. Premium themes and plugins are one-time purchases, and premium plugins are licensed per production site.

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