High-performance flat-file CMS designed for speed.
AntCMS is a lightweight, flat-file CMS that's designed to be powerful, inexpensive on system resources, blazingly fast, and to do so without requiring you to configure it.
Core Features
⚡ Performance & Optimization
Blazing Fast: Optimized for extreme speed with zero manual tuning required.
Low Overhead: Engineered to run efficiently on even the most modest server hardware.
Smart Caching: Automatic use of ETags during asset delivery to maximize client-side caching.
🛠️ Built-in Automation
Auto-Compression: Native support for gzip, brotli, and zstd.
Asset Management: Automatically compresses text-based assets (JS, HTML, CSS) and common image formats (JPEG, JPG, PNG, WEBP).
SEO Ready: Automated handling of robots.txt and sitemap.xml files for out-of-the-box visibility.
🎨 Content & Customization
Simple Workflow: Write content in Markdown and manage configuration via YAML.
Theme Support: Fully customizable themes with support for unique styles applied specifically to Markdown content.
Extensible: A robust plugin system allows you to expand functionality as your site grows.
Minimum Requirements
To run AntCMS, your server must meet the following minimum requirements:
PHP Version: 8.2 or higher
Required Extensions:curl, dom, mbstring
Recommended Extensions for Performance
For those looking to squeeze every bit of performance out of their instance, we recommend installing the following additional PHP extensions:
Extension
Purpose
zstd
High-performance Zstandard compression
brotli
Advanced Brotli compression
zlib
Standard Gzip / Deflate support
gd
Enhanced automatic image processing
opcache
Optimizes PHP execution and enables advanced caching features.