# austintoddj/canvas

Publishing on your own terms

Repository: https://github.com/austintoddj/canvas
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/austintoddj-canvas
Homepage: http://trycanvas.app
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: blog, publishing, laravel
Last push: 2026-08-22T16:29:04+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 87/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 63, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3838, "days_push": 11, "days_rel": 38, "gap_med": 241.0, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3344, forks 519 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:57.004684+00:00)

## What it is
Canvas is an open-source publishing platform for Laravel that installs as a Composer package, adding a distraction-free writing editor, media uploads, tags/topics, roles, and reader analytics to an existing Laravel application. It uses your app's existing authentication and optionally publishes a starter reader frontend via an Artisan command.

## Use cases
- add a blog to an existing laravel app
- self-hosted publishing platform
- write and publish blog posts with markdown editor
- track blog views and reader analytics
- multi-author blog with roles
- integrate unsplash and ai writing into a blog

## When to choose
- you already run a Laravel application and want blogging built in
- you want to keep your existing authentication and user system
- you want a lightweight publishing layer without a full standalone CMS
- you need roles for writers, editors, and admins

## When to avoid
- you need a standalone CMS outside a Laravel app
- your project is not PHP/Laravel
- you need a full headless CMS with API-first content delivery
- you cannot run PHP >= 8.3 and Laravel >= 12

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: web-framework, templating, file-upload, analytics, middleware
- domain: web-development, cms, backend
- platform: php, self-hosted
- tags: blogging, publishing-platform, laravel-package, writing, content-management, composer-package, publishing, laravel, web-server

## Member repositories
- austintoddj/canvas (main) score 87

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:57.004684+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:41:01.791420+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/austintoddj/canvas (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:57.004684+00:00, sha 1afba58ca1d2)
  - homepage: http://trycanvas.app (fetched 2026-08-29T09:34:10.776332+00:00, sha 45394ecc81e8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.