How to Build Your Own Grav
Replace Grav with a custom build. A Modern Flat-File CMS
Build Difficulty: 5/5
Build a working replacement in a weekend with AI tools
Estimated Timeline
Based on 47 features at Weekend Project difficulty, expect about One weekend with AI-assisted development.
Recommended Tech Stack
Full-stack React framework with API routes and server components
PostgreSQL database, auth, and real-time subscriptions
Utility-first styling for rapid UI development
Key Features to Replicate
Top features across 8 categories. See all 47 features
Admin(7 features)
Admin panel allows easy installation of plugins and themes with one-click updates
Optional but useful admin panel providing interface for users and authors to interact with Grav
Advanced form capabilities for developing sophisticated admin panels and configuration interfaces
Define custom page structures with YAML blueprints and create plugins to extend the admin panel
Admin panel works on variety of devices, not just desktop computers
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Content Management(7 features)
Automatically handles various approaches to easily create links between pages
YAML-based page headers allowing easy addition of custom dynamic fields to content
Built-in support for customizable taxonomies such as tags or categories for content organization
Native support for Markdown content with ability to use plain HTML or a mix of both
Powerful markdown editor for easy content editing online or offline
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Theming(7 features)
Built-in asset manager for powerful control over CSS and JS including compression and pipelining
Use any third party CSS framework such as Bootstrap, Foundation, Pure, etc.
Useful filters and functions bundled with Grav that expand the power of Twig
Unrestricted creativity with no limitations imposed by the CMS on design
Themes have full access to abundant plugin event hooks allowing complete control over Grav
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Media Management(4 features)
Easily reference any image within content structure and use media processing
Native support for variety of image, video, sound, and file formats
Dynamic image manipulation to resize, crop, resample, apply effects with automatic caching
Native support for properly displaying images on Retina and HiDPI devices
Developer Tools(3 features)
Command line tools for dependency installation, cache clearing, user creation, and backups
Powerful visual debug panel providing vital information in a clear way for development
Powerful API for extending and integrating with Grav functionality
Plugins(3 features)
Large collection of open source plugins available to extend core functionality
Plugins have full control over Grav with extensive plugin event hook architecture
Powerful yet simple plugin system making it easy to write custom plugins
Package Management(2 features)
Built-in package manager with one-click install for plugins and themes
Command line GPM system to find, install, and easily update extensions for Grav
Access Control(1 features)
Create users and roles with permission settings to restrict access to any page
Cost Calculator
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