Perch
Commercially licensed PHP content management system for small websites, installed into an existing site and edited through a control panel.
Perch is a commercially licensed content management system from Perch Runway Limited, written in PHP and installed into an existing website. The perch folder goes into the root of the site and a setup form in the browser finishes the install, with MySQL or MariaDB as the database. Editors work in a control panel whose content forms come from templates the developer writes. The control panel supports roles with permissions and a localized interface, and add-ons extend it.
Worth knowing
Perch is sold as a license for one website at a one-time fee. The news page lists no release after the 3.x line, which leaves open whether the project is still active, so this record is a stub.
Identity
Rendering and deploy
- Install with
- place the perch folder in the root of the website, then complete the setup form in the browser5
Releases
Sources
- 2026-10-24: name, links, Maintainer, Categories
grabaperch.com/ - 2026-10-24: links
docs.grabaperch.com/ - 2026-10-24: First release
grabaperch.com/about - 2026-10-24: Runtime, Minimum runtime, Databases, License
grabaperch.com/download - 2026-10-24: Install with
grabaperch.com/get-started - 2026-10-24: Admin interface, Multilingual
grabaperch.com/features - 2026-10-24: Current major version, Last release
grabaperch.com/news