Kirby intro
Kirby CMS is a flat file content management system from Germany. Learn about deployment options and workflows.
# Understand flat file systems
Unlike WordPress or Craft CMS Kirby is a file based CMS. So there is no database, the actual contents are markdown text files written on the file system. Other flat file systems are Grav and Statamic. In general, this design approach makes things more easy, but also has some gotchas.
# License model
Kirby CMS is open source, but not free software. You can test it for free. Support the authors and the longevity of the project by obtaining a license for production.
# Deployment options
Special consideration should be taken when deploying Kirby CMS. We assume you have a local development environment running. Now from time
- Git + rsync deployment - advanced, sophisticated, recommended
- rsync sync - advanced, quick
- SFTP upload - easy peasy, see general SFTP article