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# <img src="admin/assets/images/icon.svg" height="28"> Formwork
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[](https://github.com/getformwork/formwork/releases/latest)
[](https://github.com/getformwork/formwork/releases)
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🏗 Formwork is a flat file-based Content Management System (CMS) to build and manage simple sites.
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⚠️ **This is the `README` file for the [`2.x`](https://github.com/getformwork/formwork/tree/2.x) branch, currently in development and NOT STABLE.**
👉 **See the [`1.x`](https://github.com/getformwork/formwork/tree/1.x) branch for the latest stable version.**
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## Features
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- ⚡️ Lightweight
- 🗄 No database required!
- 📦 Easy to [install ](#installing )
- ✨ Out-of-the-box Administration Panel
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## Requirements
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- PHP **7.4.0** or higher
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- PHP extensions `fileinfo` , `gd` , `mbstring` , `openssl` and `zip`
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## Installing
### From GitHub releases
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You can download a ready-to-use `.zip` archive from [GitHub releases page ](https://github.com/getformwork/formwork/releases ) and just extract it in the webroot of your server.
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### With Composer
If you prefer to install the latest stable release of Formwork with [Composer ](https://getcomposer.org/ ) you can use this command:
```
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$ composer create-project getformwork/formwork
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```
Composer will create a `formwork` folder with a fresh ready-to-use Formwork installation.
### Cloning from GitHub
If you want to get the currently worked master version, you can clone the GitHub repository and then install the dependencies with Composer.
1. Clone the repository in your webroot:
```
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$ git clone https://github.com/getformwork/formwork.git
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```
2. Navigate to `formwork` folder and install the dependencies:
```
$ cd formwork
$ composer install
```
