Own your CMS.
The CMS Built on shadcn/ui
One-time pricing. Self-hosted. shadcn/ui admin.
No vendor lock-in. No monthly bill that grows with your traffic.
Built with shadcn/ui
Beautiful Admin Panel
Built with shadcn/ui
Every component built with shadcn/ui, React 19, and TypeScript. Accessible, customizable, and beautiful.
The Modern Alternative
Why Choose Unfold?
Built for developers who want a modern stack without compromising on features.
| Feature | Unfold | WordPress | Ghost | Strapi |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modern Tech Stack | ||||
| No Plugin Hell | ||||
| SEO Built-in | Plugin Required | Plugin Required | ||
| Multi-Language Support | Plugin Required | |||
| Shared Hosting Ready | VPS Required | VPS Required | ||
| Child Themes | ||||
| React Components (shadcn/ui) | Partial | |||
| 2FA Security | Plugin Required | Plugin Required | ||
| Full TypeScript | ||||
| Learning Curve | Laravel Dev | Beginner | Moderate | Developer |
Get all the features you need, built-in. No plugins, no bloat.
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Don't Rebuild
What Already Exists
Authentication. Permissions. Media uploads. SEO. Localization. These aren't features—they're prerequisites.
Unfold CMS delivers a battle-tested foundation so you can ship faster. Skip the boilerplate. Focus on what makes your product different.
Ship in Hours, Not Weeks
Core CMS features pre-built and production-tested
Enterprise-Grade Architecture
SOLID principles, clean code, comprehensive tests
Security by Default
2FA, XSS protection, CSP headers, audit logs
Fully Extensible
Override anything. Extend everything. Your way.
Building From Scratch
With Unfold CMS
Battle-Tested Packages
Built on the
Best of Laravel
Unfold CMS integrates the most popular and trusted Laravel packages—pre-configured and ready to use.
Spatie Media Library
spatie.beHandle media uploads, image conversions, and responsive images with the industry-standard media management solution.
Laravel Fortify
laravel.comEnterprise-grade authentication with 2FA, email verification, and password reset—all pre-configured.
Laravel Permission
spatie.bePowerful roles and permissions system for fine-grained access control across your CMS.
Laravel SEO
ralphjsmitAutomatic meta tags, Open Graph, Twitter Cards, and JSON-LD schema for perfect SEO out of the box.
Laravel Translatable
spatie.beMulti-language support for your content with elegant API and automatic locale detection.
Activity Log
spatie.beTrack every change in your CMS with comprehensive audit logging and user activity monitoring.
Laravel Data
spatie.beType-safe data transfer objects with automatic validation, transformation, and serialization.
Query Builder
spatie.beBuild complex API queries with filtering, sorting, and includes—straight from the URL.
HTML Purifier
mews/purifierProtect against XSS attacks with automatic HTML sanitization for user-generated content.
Plus many more: Honeypot spam protection, Secure Headers, CSP, WayFinder routing, and Fast Paginate.
Source-Available
Built in the Open.
Yours to Own.
UnfoldCMS is source-available—read the code, fork it, self-host it. Buy once, own it. View the source or contribute on GitHub.
Documentation
Build with UnfoldCMS
Jump straight to the docs that matter — API, templates, deployment, and more.
REST API
Public read + admin write endpoints with Sanctum.
Next.js Guide
ISR + webhook revalidation with UnfoldCMS.
Templates
Build themes with Blade, sections, settings.
Webhooks
Signed events for content changes.
Configuration
Site settings, env vars, mail, storage, cache.
SEO & Sitemaps
Auto sitemap, redirects, structured data.
Helper Functions
Global PHP helpers for templates and code.
Shared Hosting
Deploy on cPanel — no queue workers needed.