Station0

Lightweight flat-file CMS built on PHP 8.2+. Pages are stored as plain text files on disk — no database migrations, fully Git-friendly. SQLite is used only for authentication.

Stack

• Framework: Slim 4
• Templates: Twig 3
• Markdown: League/CommonMark (GFM + front matter)
• Auth: Delight\Auth (SQLite)
• DI: PHP-DI 7

Requirements

• PHP ≥ 8.2 (with pdo_sqlite extension)
• Composer

Installation

composer create-project lexislav/get-station0 mysite
cd mysite
php -S localhost:8080 -t public public/index.php

On first visit to http://localhost:8080/admin, a setup form lets you create the first admin account in the browser.

This package

lexislav/station0 is the core library — it contains the PHP classes, admin templates, and CLI binary. It is installed into vendor/ by the skeleton project.

For a ready-to-use project skeleton, see lexislav/get-station0.

CLI (via skeleton)

php vendor/bin/console user:create <username> <email> [role]
php vendor/bin/console user:reset-password <email>
php vendor/bin/console cache:clear

Package structure

admin/templates/   Admin Twig templates
bin/console        CLI binary (exposed via composer bin)
config/roles.php   Role definitions
src/               PHP source (namespace Station0\)

License

MIT