Is Vvveb still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change 9 days ago. Latest release 1.0.9.0, 9 days ago.

Widely used. 1.3k stars, 8 years old. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

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Reading the repo

Opening the box…

How to install on Windows

givanz/Vvveb

Powerful and easy to use cms to build websites, blogs or ecommerce stores.

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Difficulty: Moderate
Time: about 15 min
Stars: ★ 1,282
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License: AGPL-3.0
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Before you start

Is it free?: YesOpen source (AGPL-3.0).
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change 9 days ago. Latest release 1.0.9.0, 9 days ago.
Can I trust it?: Widely used1.3k stars, 8 years old. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

Start here

Website ↗vvveb.comThe project's own site.Docs ↗docs.vvveb.comLinked from the README.

Will it work on my device?

Yes, it runs on Windows

You'll build it yourself with PHP.
It also needs MySQL running (Docker handles this).

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4 steps on Windows

Download setup.ps1

Then run powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\setup.ps1. It stops at the first error and is safe to run again. Servers and tests aren't started; it lists them at the end. Read it first.

1
Clone the repository
Needs Git: winget install Git.Git. The repo uses git submodules, so the clone fetches them too.
```
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/givanz/Vvveb.git
cd Vvveb
```

Install the required runtimes

PHP >=7.4.0

scoop install php composer  # needs scoop: https://scoop.sh

3
Start backing services
Needs: MySQL
```
winget install Docker.DockerDesktop
docker compose -f docker-compose.yaml up -d
```
If you see Cannot connect to the Docker daemon: start Docker Desktop (or the Docker service) first.
4
Install dependencies
```
composer install
```

From the README: Install

Clone the repository and build or download the latest release
Upload the files on your server or localhost and open http://localhost/ or http://myserver.com/
Follow the installation instructions

Command line install

php cli.php install module=index host=127.0.0.1 user=root password=1234 database=vvveb admin[email]=admin@vvveb.com admin[password]=admin engine=mysqli

Replace engine with sqlite or pgsql if you like.

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