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The all-new Kirby 3.0(getkirby.com)
over 4 years ago from Jonathan Simcoe, Co-Founder → A Kids Book About
Stuart McCoy, over 4 years ago
A lot to these reasons also apply to another excellent flat file CMS, Statamic. I'd argue that of the two, Statamic is better.
Jonathan Simcoe, over 4 years ago
I love me some Statamic. There are lots of great CMS options these days.
Florian Karsten, over 4 years ago
Can you explain why you think so?
One of the biggest reasons is the field sets Statamic comes with. A lot of CMSs underestimate the power and flexibility of letting developers tailor the content model each site uses. Statamic follows in the footsteps of Expression Engine and Craft CMS in this regard and in my opinion, this is a huge advantage.
Bastian Allgeier, over 4 years ago We have tons of default fields that can be extended with custom field plugins: https://getkirby.com/docs/reference/panel/fields But we extend this even further with our section system. With this, you can set up the entire interface for each page type in the way that fits best. You can see this in action here: https://getkirby.com/docs/guide/blueprints/layout
For me, the fact that it is "flat-file" means I don't have to worry about porting a database around. Using Laravel Valet I can have a local dev environment up in no time. With Laravel Mix I can leverage a streamlined Webpack asset compilation for JS and CSS/Sass/PostCSS and it takes the fuss out of the painful areas of building on a CMS.
Also between Kirby's Guide and Cookbook and their Starterkit, it is very easy to get up and running and start building layouts and the kind of content you want to create throughout various areas of the site.
Kirby's paradigms are simple and straightforward. As a designer all of these things remove barriers for me in being able to design the kind of experience I want for projects.