Own your CMS — UnfoldCMS, built on shadcn/ui

{ if (value) setTimeout(() => $el.focus(), 100) })"<br>Search

Features

Compare

Built on shadcn/ui

Compare

vs Contentful

vs Sanity

vs Payload

See all comparisons →

Migrate

Migrate from WordPress

All migration guides →

Pricing

Docs

Blog

Contact

Login<br>Download

Own your CMS.

The CMS Built on shadcn/ui

One-time pricing. Self-hosted. shadcn/ui admin.No vendor lock-in. No monthly bill that grows with your traffic.

Try Live Demo

View Documentation

Built with shadcn/ui

Beautiful Admin Panel<br>Built with shadcn/ui

Every component built with shadcn/ui, React 19, and TypeScript. Accessible, customizable, and beautiful.

Start here

Featured Guide

PHP Headless CMS

PHP Headless CMS — Honest Options for PHP Developers (2026)

Most headless CMS guides push Node.js tools. If your stack is PHP, this is the developer-honest picker: UnfoldCMS, Statamic, Craft CMS, October CMS, and Pimcore — compared on API, pricing, and team fit.

Read the guide<br>&rarr;

The Modern Alternative

Why Choose Unfold?

Built for developers who want a modern stack without compromising on features.

Feature<br>Unfold<br>WordPress<br>Ghost<br>Strapi

Modern Tech Stack

No Plugin Hell

SEO Built-in

Plugin Required

Plugin Required

Multi-Language Support

Plugin Required

Shared Hosting Ready

VPS Required

VPS Required

Child Themes

React Components (shadcn/ui)

Partial

2FA Security

Plugin Required

Plugin Required

Full TypeScript

Learning Curve

Laravel Dev

Beginner

Moderate

Developer

Get all the features you need, built-in. No plugins, no bloat.

View Pricing

Production-Ready Foundation

Don't Rebuild<br>What Already Exists

Authentication. Permissions. Media uploads. SEO. Localization. These aren't features—they're prerequisites .

Unfold CMS delivers a battle-tested foundation so you can ship faster. Skip the boilerplate. Focus on what makes your product different.

Ship in Hours, Not Weeks

Core CMS features pre-built and production-tested

Enterprise-Grade Architecture

SOLID principles, clean code, comprehensive tests

Security by Default

2FA, XSS protection, CSP headers, audit logs

Fully Extensible

Override anything. Extend everything. Your way.

Start Building Now

Browse the code

Building From Scratch

Week 1-2:<br>Auth system, 2FA, password resets

Week 3:<br>Media library, image processing

Week 4:<br>Roles, permissions, audit logs

Week 5-6:<br>SEO, sitemaps, admin UI

6+ weeks before actual development

With Unfold CMS

Clone repo, run migrations

Build your unique features

Start shipping on Day 1

-95%

Setup Time

Battle-Tested Packages

Built on the<br>Best of Laravel

Unfold CMS integrates the most popular and trusted Laravel packages—pre-configured and ready to use.

Spatie Media Library

spatie.be

Handle media uploads, image conversions, and responsive images with the industry-standard media management solution.

Laravel Fortify

laravel.com

Enterprise-grade authentication with 2FA, email verification, and password reset—all pre-configured.

Laravel Permission

spatie.be

Powerful roles and permissions system for fine-grained access control across your CMS.

Laravel SEO

ralphjsmit

Automatic meta tags, Open Graph, Twitter Cards, and JSON-LD schema for perfect SEO out of the box.

Laravel Translatable

spatie.be

Multi-language support for your content with elegant API and automatic locale detection.

Activity Log

spatie.be

Track every change in your CMS with comprehensive audit logging and user activity monitoring.

Laravel Data

spatie.be

Type-safe data transfer objects with automatic validation, transformation, and serialization.

Query Builder

spatie.be

Build complex API queries with filtering, sorting, and includes—straight from the URL.

HTML Purifier

mews/purifier

Protect against XSS attacks with automatic HTML sanitization for user-generated content.

Plus many more: Honeypot spam protection, Secure Headers, CSP, WayFinder routing, and Fast Paginate.

Open Source & MIT Licensed

Built in the Open.<br>Owned by No One.

Unfold CMS is open source and always will be. View the code, suggest features, or contribute on GitHub.

Star on GitHub

Join Discord

Documentation

Build with UnfoldCMS

Jump straight to the docs that matter — API, templates, deployment, and more.

REST API

Public read + admin write endpoints with Sanctum.

Next.js Guide

ISR + webhook revalidation with UnfoldCMS.

Templates

Build themes with Blade, sections, settings.

Webhooks

Signed events for content changes.

Configuration

Site settings, env vars, mail, storage, cache.

SEO & Sitemaps

Auto sitemap, redirects, structured data.

Helper Functions

Global PHP helpers for templates and code.

Shared Hosting

Deploy on cPanel — no queue workers needed.

Browse all documentation<br>&rarr;

window.location.pathname.startsWith(p));<br>},<br>isPermanentlyDismissed() {<br>const match = document.cookie.match(/(^| )dismissed_announcements=([^;]+)/);<br>if (match) try { return...