Pivlu: a new open source CMS and Website Builder

Pivlu was born from a simple frustration I kept running into while building and maintaining websites: I wanted the flexibility and freedom of a self‑hosted CMS, but without the bloat, fragility, and “plugin roulette” that too often comes with traditional solutions.

WordPress proved how powerful an ecosystem can be, but it also highlighted the tradeoffs—performance overhead, security exposure through outdated extensions, and a developer experience that can feel inconsistent when you’re trying to build modern applications.

What inspired me to build Pivlu is the idea that a CMS and a website builder can be both creator-friendly and developer-first. By building it as open source, I wanted to make something transparent, auditable, and community-driven. And by writing it in PHP on top of the Laravel framework, the goal is to bring the CMS world closer to modern engineering practices: clean architecture, strong conventions, maintainable code, and a familiar workflow for teams already building with Laravel.

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