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The CMS Built on shadcn/ui
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The Modern Alternative
Why Choose Unfold?
Built for developers who want a modern stack without compromising on features.
| Feature | Unfold | WordPress | Ghost | 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.
Production-Ready Foundation
Don't Rebuild
What Already ExistsAuthentication. 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.
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Building From Scratch
Week 1-2: Auth system, 2FA, password resets
Week 3: Media library, image processing
Week 4: Roles, permissions, audit logs
Week 5-6: 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
Best of LaravelUnfold CMS integrates the most popular and trusted Laravel packages—pre-configured and ready to use.
Spatie Media Library
Handle media uploads, image conversions, and responsive images with the industry-standard media management solution.
Laravel Fortify
Enterprise-grade authentication with 2FA, email verification, and password reset—all pre-configured.
Laravel Permission
Powerful roles and permissions system for fine-grained access control across your CMS.
Laravel SEO
Automatic meta tags, Open Graph, Twitter Cards, and JSON-LD schema for perfect SEO out of the box.
Laravel Translatable
Multi-language support for your content with elegant API and automatic locale detection.
Activity Log
Track every change in your CMS with comprehensive audit logging and user activity monitoring.
Laravel Data
Type-safe data transfer objects with automatic validation, transformation, and serialization.
Query Builder
Build complex API queries with filtering, sorting, and includes—straight from the URL.
HTML 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.
Source-Available
Built in the Open.
Yours to Own.UnfoldCMS is source-available—read the code, fork it, self-host it. Buy once, own it. View the source or contribute on GitHub.
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.