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Bolt Reviews

Bolt is an open source Content Management Tool, which strives to be as simple and straightforward as possible. It is quick to set up, easy to configure, …

Social recommendations and mentions

We have tracked the following product recommendations or mentions on Reddit and HackerNews. They can help you see what people think about Bolt and what they use it for.
  • best php-based cms/tech choice
    Another usecase are Framework based CMS System. Beside Drupal, Typo3 using example Symfony components, still are not Full Stack Symfony and don't use Symfony based folder structure and are so very different then using Symfony Full Stack based CMS. In this area other CMS like Sulu, Bolt, .. Are placed which do not hide Symfony Full Stack and are more for the web applications which are not typical just a Website but... - Source: Reddit / 3 months ago
  • What’s your favorite CMS?
    Since I use Hugo I have no interest in a CMS myself (I only develop for myself and not for third parties). But before Hugo I had used https://boltcms.io. - Source: Reddit / 7 months ago
  • Large open source symfony projects (or reference projects)
    I have heard good things about https://boltcms.io/. - Source: Reddit / 11 months ago
  • What technologies for these requirements?
    PHP Headless Or you go with a Headless PHP CMS. Some options for that are Bolt CMS, Suru, Twill and ExpressionEngine. A Headless CMS doesn't have any frontend. It can provide you with a REST API or you create it in their template engine and integrate your JS stuff there. There are so many, I can't count them all. You can also search for Cockpit and Strapi. - Source: Reddit / about 1 year ago
  • Looking for honest, up-to-date opinions on Joomla 4
    I'm not really comparing it to Symfony, but rather to the modern PHP eco-system as a whole. There are definitely CMS options, like Bolt, who do stick to the stricter code guidelines that most PHP developers these days are used to. Why should I pick Joomla over them? - Source: Reddit / about 1 year ago
  • I'm going to build a CMS. What would you like to see?
    Much better to contribute to and improve an existing one, saves duplicating the work https://boltcms.io/ is Symfony based and very good. - Source: Reddit / about 1 year ago
  • Fastest way to crank out a simple website for freelance?
    Don’t know if you want to build your own front end. But bolt CMS is simple (I think), powefull, and you can built your front end with twig. https://boltcms.io/. - Source: Reddit / almost 2 years ago

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