Welcome to Ava CMS

Ava (Addy's Very Adaptable CMS) is a flat-file, developer-first CMS for personal sites.

Features

• Flat-file: No database required. Content is Markdown with YAML frontmatter.
• Fast: Content indexed to PHP cache files. Runtime reads caches, not Markdown.
• Flexible: Custom post types, taxonomies, and fields.
• Simple: Readable, dependency-light PHP. No magic.

Getting Started

1. Edit content in content/ as Markdown files
2. Customize templates in themes/default/templates/
3. Run php bin/ava status to see your site

That's it. No build step. No database migrations. Just files.