# area17/twill

Twill is an open source CMS toolkit for Laravel that helps developers rapidly create a custom admin console that is intuitive, powerful and flexible. Chat with us on Discord at https://discord.gg/cnWk7EFv8R.

Repository: https://github.com/area17/twill
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/twill
Homepage: https://twillcms.com
Language: PHP
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: laravel, vue, cms, content-management-system, cms-framework, headless-cms
Last push: 2026-07-31T19:50:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 93, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2987, "days_push": 33, "days_rel": 45, "gap_med": 6, "n_releases_24m": 8}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3976, forks 588 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:30.937930+00:00)

## What it is
Twill is an open source CMS toolkit for Laravel that lets developers rapidly build custom, feature-rich admin consoles with pre-built Vue.js UI components. It works within a Laravel app or headlessly, with no front-end assumptions and no lock-in.

## Use cases
- build a custom admin panel for a Laravel app
- add a CMS to an existing Laravel project
- use a headless CMS with a separate frontend
- manage media and publishing workflows for a website
- create content types quickly with a CLI generator
- give non-technical editors an intuitive publishing interface

## When to choose
- you're already using Laravel and need content management
- you want a polished admin UI without writing HTML for it
- you need headless CMS capabilities with full developer control
- you want to avoid lock-in and turn off unneeded features

## When to avoid
- your project isn't built on Laravel/PHP
- you need a turnkey CMS with no development work
- you only need a simple static site generator

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: web-framework, ui-components, cli, file-upload, image-processing, templating
- domain: cms, web-development, backend, frontend, self-hosted
- platform: php, self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: laravel-package, admin-console, headless-cms, vuejs, content-management, publishing, media-library, block-editor, laravel, web-server

## Member repositories
- area17/twill (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:30.937930+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 2026-08-29T18:24:19.465949+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/area17/twill (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:30.937930+00:00, sha 5242dc23c545)
  - homepage: https://twillcms.com (fetched 2026-08-29T09:17:39.870285+00:00, sha 7d65941e2088)
  - site_page: https://twillcms.com/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T09:17:39.873012+00:00, sha fcad326118eb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.