PHP 8.3 · Laravel 11 · MySQL 8

CMStack for Laravel.

The productivity of Laravel 11 on PHP 8.3, built for speed from the schema up - direct Eloquent access, MySQL 8 full-text search, no plugin N+1 sprawl.

Open source · GPL-3.0 · MCP-ready

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PHP 8.3
Runtime
Laravel 11
Framework
164
Tests
GPL-3.0
Open source
MCP
AI-ready

01 Why this stack

Laravel 11 ergonomics. Speed from the schema up.

CMStack for Laravel pairs a mature, expressive framework with a database used the way it was designed - so the fast path is also the natural one.

01

PHP 8.3 + Laravel 11 performance

PHP 8.3 JIT and fibers reduce per-request overhead. Laravel 11's slim application skeleton means less framework weight before your code even runs.

02

Mature ecosystem & tooling

Composer, Artisan, Laravel Pint and PHPStan give you a complete, battle-tested toolchain - not one assembled from unrelated packages.

03

MySQL 8 FULLTEXT search

Full-text search is powered by MySQL 8 native FULLTEXT indexes - no external search service, no indexing lag, no extra infrastructure to run.

04

Direct Eloquent access

Core features read and write through Eloquent directly. No plugin-driven N+1 accumulation - every query is intentional and owned.

05

Gates & policies for granular permissions

Authorization is built on Laravel's gate and policy primitives - every action is guarded at the framework level, not bolted on afterward.

Built natively on Laravel idioms - not a port from another stack, but a CMS that feels like Laravel all the way down.

02 Features

The complete CMS feature set - in Laravel terms.

Every CMStack edition ships the same core features; this one is built natively on Laravel idioms, not adapted from another stack.

Content

Pages, posts, categories, tags and menus - the full editorial model, queried through Eloquent with eager loading to keep N+1 away.

Media library

Upload, organize and serve images and files through a managed media library backed by Laravel's filesystem abstraction.

Comments & moderation

Threaded comments with a moderation queue - approve, reject or flag submissions from a single interface.

Roles & permissions

Granular, per-action authorization using Laravel gates and policies - every role sees exactly what it should.

Runtime themes

Switch themes at runtime without a redeploy; Laravel's view layer resolves the active theme transparently.

Plugins & hooks

A hook and event architecture built on Laravel's event system - extend the core without forking it.

Full-text search

MySQL 8 FULLTEXT indexes power search across content - native, fast, and zero extra services to manage.

Multilingual + hreflang

Author content in multiple languages with correct hreflang signalling for search engines.

SEO built in

Open Graph, JSON-LD, sitemaps, robots.txt and llms.txt generated out of the box - no plugin needed.

Social login

Sign in with Google, GitHub, Facebook or LinkedIn via Laravel Socialite.

reCAPTCHA v3

Spam protection on all public forms with reCAPTCHA v3, wired directly into Laravel's validation pipeline.

MCP server

A built-in MCP server lets AI clients manage your Laravel site through a typed, permissioned interface.

03 Quickstart

Up and running with one command.

The Laravel repo ships a Makefile that bootstraps the full environment - Docker does the heavy lifting.

Docker (recommended)

cmstack-laravel
$ make setup

Manual path (PHP 8.3, Composer 2, MySQL 8, Node 20+): see the full guide in the repository README.

04 Roadmap

Toggle on what you need. Lose nothing.

Planned modules switch on and off without resetting your data.

Ecommerce

Products, cart, checkout and orders, built into the same Laravel core.

News portal

Sections and featured stories tuned for high-volume publishing.

Vehicle marketplace

Listings with search and filters for buying and selling.

Portfolio

Projects, case studies and galleries for showcase sites.

05 Open source

Open by default. Built to be trusted.

GPL-3.0, in the open

CMStack for Laravel is open source under GPL-3.0 - read it, run it, extend it without asking permission.

Built by Elman Group

Designed and maintained by Elman Group, with the same consistent feature set across every CMStack edition.

MCP & AI-ready

A built-in MCP server exposes content management to AI clients through a typed, permissioned Laravel API.

Tested with PHPUnit

164 PHPUnit tests ship with the repository - covering core features, permissions and edge cases before a single line of your code runs.

06 Early access

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