What is Winter CMS?
Winter CMS is an open-source content management system and web application platform based on the Laravel PHP framework. Released in 2014, Winter CMS provides developers and website builders with a robust, modular foundation for creating custom web applications and websites.
Some key features of Winter CMS include:
- Modular plugin architecture - Plugins allow extending and customizing functionality without editing core code.
- Intuitive admin interface - The backend provides an intuitive interface for managing content, with drag and drop builders for pages and menus.
- Responsive and themeable - Themes make it easy to customize the frontend design and layout. Themes are responsive by default.
- Built on Laravel - As a Laravel application, Winter CMS benefits from features like routing, migrations, authentication, eloquent ORM, and more.
- RESTful API support - APIs can be built to allow content access from mobile apps, third-party services, and more.
- Flexible components - Components like pages, menus, users, etc. have underlying APIs to allow managing site content from code.
With its modular architecture, developer-friendly features and admin interface optimized for rapid prototyping, Winter CMS provides a lightweight yet powerful foundation for all types of web and mobile applications.