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Why Choose Grav?

Voted "Best Open Source CMS" in 2016

Voted "Best Flat File CMS" in 2017, 2019, 2020 & 2021!

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

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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.

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.

Sponsor / Support Grav

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.

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Built with Grav

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

Wondrous Digital Agency

wearewondrous.com
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California State University

mba.csumb.edu/
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Klavierduo Eckerle

http://klavierduo-eckerle.de
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Milk River Outfitters

milkriveroutfitters.com
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Timo Volz Fotodesign

timovolz.de
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Paul Massendari

paulmassendari.com
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Hagstrom Builder

hagstrombuilder.com
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Drayton Partners

draytonpartners.com
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Newtquest Games

newtquestgames.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.

Reach Content
@reachcontent

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

A shout out to the @getgrav team for creating such a great
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.
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.
Daniel Kao
@diplateevo

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

Fell in love with the @getgrav and @snipcart combo tonight. Extremely fast set up and works like a charm.
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.
Faisal Khan
@babushka99

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

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

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

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

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

[Grav] is by far the best CMS I've ever had the privilege of using. @getgrav
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!
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 ;)
Casey Grzecka
@z3cka

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

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

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

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