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HashtagCMS Starter Kit

Welcome to the Official HashtagCMS Starter Kit. This boilerplate provides a production-ready application structure pre-configured with Laravel 12 and HashtagCMS 3.x, allowing you to launch powerful, headless-capable Content Management Systems in seconds.

🚀 About HashtagCMS

HashtagCMS is an enterprise-ready, API-first content management platform built on Laravel. It supports headless, bundled, and hybrid architectures, allowing organizations to manage multiple sites, platforms, and languages from a single centralized admin panel. Designed for scalability, performance, and long-term flexibility, HashtagCMS gives engineering teams full architectural control while enabling business teams to move faster with confidence.

✨ Key Features

Multi-Tenancy: Manage multiple sites, domains, and platforms from a single admin panel.
Headless Ready: Robust API for consuming content on React, Vue, Mobile, or any other consumer.
Everything is a Module: Drag-and-drop module placement for any part of the page.
Smart Queries: Fetch data from SQL using JSON configuration (no code needed).
Extensible Admin: Flexible view resolution supporting custom packages and theme overrides.
Advanced Features: MongoDB support, SSO, and Figma Integration (coming soon).

Modular Admin Architecture

HashtagCMS supports a fully modular admin panel. You can easily integrate external packages (like HashtagCMS Extended) or override standard CRUD views directly from the database configuration, enabling seamless upgrades and customization.

HashtagCMS Ecosystem

HashtagCMS is part of a broader ecosystem of packages published under the @hashtagcms npm namespace and the hashtagcms Packagist vendor, covering the core CMS, admin UI kit, web SDK, and more.

🆕 What's New in v3.0.0

Tailwind CSS: Entire frontend migrated to Tailwind CSS with a new default theme.
Vue 3 Composition API: Admin UI kit fully rewritten using Vue 3 Composition API.
Re-engineered Module Creator: Redesigned for better modularity and speed.
Module Type CMS Module: New dynamic type management module.
SiteClonerService: New robust service for site and language cloning.
Pipeline-based Resolver: New system for resolving Site, Lang, Platform, and Route.
Queue-Driven Tasks: All long-running tasks are now handled via Laravel Jobs.
Enhanced RBAC: Improved CMS Policies with site-wise permissions and audit logging.
Advanced Service Discovery: Improved Custom Module Loader.

🛠 Installation

🐳 Via Docker (Recommended)

The easiest way to get started is using Docker. Ensure you have Docker and Docker Compose installed.

For detailed Docker instructions and troubleshooting, see the DOCKER-README.md.

git clone https://github.com/hashtagcms/create-app.git my-awesome-site
cd my-awesome-site
./cms build

Once the containers are running, visit http://localhost:8081/install to complete the setup.

📦 Via Composer

Option A — Starter Kit (Recommended)

composer create-project hashtagcms/create-app my-awesome-site
cd my-awesome-site
php artisan cms:install

Option B — Fresh Laravel Project

composer create-project laravel/laravel my-awesome-site
cd my-awesome-site
composer require hashtagcms/hashtagcms
php artisan cms:install

2. Database Setup

By default, this starter kit is configured to use SQLite for instant setup (zero configuration).

Copy .env.example to .env

cp .env.example .env

To use MySQL/PostgreSQL:

Open the .env file in your new project.

Update the database credentials:

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=your_database
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=

Open app/Models/User.php and replace:

use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;

with:

use HashtagCms\User as Authenticatable;

Run the installer to populate the database:
```
php artisan cms:install
```

3. Configure & Access

Open your browser and navigate to:

http://{APP_URL}/install

After installation, visit:

Frontend: http://your-domain.com
Admin Panel: http://your-domain.com/admin

Login details will be provided during the cms:install process.

📚 Documentation

Comprehensive documentation is available in the docs/ directory of the core repository:

🧪 Testing

This kit comes with standard Laravel tests. To run them:

php artisan test

📋 Changelog

Full version history is maintained in the core repository:

📋 View Changelog

Recent highlights:

v3.0.0 — Tailwind CSS frontend, Vue 3 Composition API admin, Queue-driven tasks, enhanced RBAC
v2.0.5 — FormHelper XSS prevention, FrontendHelper stability improvements
v2.0.4 — Intelligent admin view resolution, routing and module parsing enhancements
v2.0.3 — Configurable rate limiting on critical endpoints
v2.0.0 — Event-driven architecture, removed laravel/ui, all large tasks are queue/event-driven

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! The contribution guide can be found in the HashtagCMS Core Repository.

📄 License

The HashtagCMS framework is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.

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