Basic App is a free, open-source, self-hosted CMS platform based on the CodeIgniter 4 PHP Framework.

Basic App is designed to provide a quick start for sites made on CodeIgniter 4 and to take over the implementation of the basic functions of a modern web application.

• CRUD
• Themes
• Internationalization
• Backend area (auth, main menu, options menu, tables, forms)

• Site (pages, blocks, menus)
• Blog (demo module)

• Bootstrap 4 (by getbootstrap.com)
• Cool Admin (by colorlib.com)
• Clean Blog (by startbootstrap.com)

• TinyMCE (by www.tiny.cloud)
• CodeMirror (by codemirror.net)

Create a new application using Composer:

composer create-project --stability=dev --keep-vcs --prefer-dist basic-app/basic-app demoapp

The command installs the application in a directory named demoapp. You can choose a different directory name if you want.

Configure application settings (base url, timezone, database) in the /.env file.

Execute commands via shell:

php spark migrate -all
php spark ba:update
php spark ba:seed

Set document root to /public directory.

Access backend by opening http://example.com/admin in a browser.

login: admin
password: admin

You can change the administrator password in the /App/Config/Admin.php file.

• Database (MySQL or MariaDB)
• Composer
• Webserver (Apache or Nginx)

PHP version 7.2 or higher is required, with the following extensions installed:

• intl
• libcurl if you plan to use the HTTP\CURLRequest library

Additionally, make sure that the following extensions are enabled in your PHP:

• json (enabled by default - don't turn it off)
• mbstring
• mysqlnd
• xml (enabled by default - don't turn it off)