chuckbe / chuckcms

v0.3.3 2026-10-19 15:19 UTC

Requires

• php: ^8.2
• barryvdh/laravel-dompdf: ^3.0
• laravel/framework: ^10.0||^11.0||^12.0||^13.0
• laravel/ui: ^4.2
• mcamara/laravel-localization: ^2.0
• spatie/eloquent-sortable: ^4.0||^5.0
• spatie/laravel-honeypot: ^4.5
• spatie/laravel-permission: ^6.0
• spatie/laravel-sitemap: ^7.2||^8.0
• spatie/laravel-translatable: ^6.3
• unisharp/laravel-filemanager: ^2.6

Requires (Dev)

• orchestra/testbench: ^8.0||^9.0||^10.0||^11.0

MIT

• Karel Brijs

• php
• cms
• laravel
• chuckbe
• chuckcms

Published on Packagist.org on 2026-10-19 15:19 UTC

README

Features

ChuckCMS is an opinionated way of building websites and webshops in Laravel. ChuckCMS provides out-of-the-box ui and features by packages in the Laravel eco-system.

• Dashboard with analytics by GA or Matomo.
• Menus, navigation and redirects.
• Page management with Pagebuilder.
• User, role and permission management.
• File management.
• Form management.
• Repeaters and resources, a way to create data objects.
• Settings and configuration management.

Docs

Requirements

• PHP 8.2 or higher
• Laravel 10, 11, 12 or 13 (Laravel 13 needs PHP 8.3+)

Upgrading an existing site from 0.2? See UPGRADING.md.

Installation

ChuckCMS will work best in a fresh installation.

Install ChuckCMS in a freshly scaffolded Laravel project via Composer:

composer require chuckbe/chuckcms

On Laravel 13 with PHP 8.3, add -W (composer require chuckbe/chuckcms -W). New Laravel 13 apps ship with Guzzle 8, and on PHP 8.3 the sitemap package ChuckCMS uses still needs Guzzle 7; -W lets Composer switch it. PHP 8.4 needs no flag.

Publish assets and config

You can now publish all assets and config files this package needs:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Chuckbe\Chuckcms\ChuckcmsServiceProvider"

Default language

The site's default language is featuredLocale in config/lang.php (nl unless you change it). It must be one of the site's languages. With hideDefaultLocaleInURL the default language has no URL prefix, so changing it moves the other languages under /{locale}/.... With useAcceptLanguageHeader enabled, a first-time visitor is sent to the language their browser asks for instead.

Packages

unisharp/laravel-filemanager package

You can now publish assets for unisharp/laravel-filemanager:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=lfm_public

spatie/laravel-permission package

You can now publish migrations and config file for spatie/laravel-permission:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Spatie\Permission\PermissionServiceProvider"

There is no need to add the middleware for this package. It is already being loaded by ChuckCMS.

spatie/laravel-honeypot package

Forms are protected against spam by spatie/laravel-honeypot. It works without configuration; to change the field names or timing, publish its config:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=honeypot-config

In your own templates, render the honeypot fields inside every form that posts to ChuckCMS with <x-honeypot />.

Migration

You can now run migrations:

php artisan migrate

Make sure you've added DB credentials to your .env file.

Routes

You can now add the routes for this package:

Chuck::auth();
Chuck::routes();
Chuck::frontend();

New site

You can now generate a new site with the following command:

php artisan chuckcms:generate-site

Generate default roles and permission

php artisan chuckcms:generate-roles-permissions

Generate super admin

php artisan chuckcms:generate-super-admin

Visit http://yourapp.local/dashboard/pages

Create a new page

Generate a sitemap

php artisan chuckcms:generate-sitemap

License

Licensed under MIT license.

Author

Written by Karel Brijs in Antwerp.