In Development PHP CMS
Content Management System

NestCMS

A lightweight PHP CMS built for launching content-driven websites, service websites, and structured page hierarchies — without the overhead of a large enterprise stack.

Status: active development
Stack: PHP + SQLite
Powering: recodecommerce.com

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Best use cases
🏢Agency websites
🏛️Company websites
⚙️Service-based sites
🚀Product landing pages
✍️Blogs & editorial
🔒Private client sections
🌳Nested page hierarchies
🎨Branded client projects
Core features
Content & Structure

Hierarchical page management with drag-and-drop Content Tree. Pages, posts, and projects in one unified content model.

  • Pages, posts and projects
  • Drag-and-drop Content Tree
  • Direct nesting and ordering
  • SEO fields per page
Access & Privacy

Granular access control with audience segments, private pages, and token-based hidden content for restricted areas.

  • Public pages
  • Audience / segment-based access
  • Private pages
  • Token-based hidden pages
Admin Area

Modern admin theme with light/dark visual system. Built for practical daily use — no bloated UI patterns, just clear navigation.

  • Light / dark visual system
  • Structure, SEO, taxonomies in one flow
  • Focused on real daily use
Theming

Separate frontend and admin themes. Project-specific template customization with an adaptable visual system for branded websites.

  • Separate frontend / admin themes
  • Project-specific templates
  • Reusable CMS core across projects
Technical foundation
Language
PHP
Database
SQLite
Admin panel
Included
Routing
Frontend + Admin
Templates
Theme-based
Live on
This site
Current direction
In progress Better content UX — richer editing experience
In progress Stronger theming and template workflows
Planned Menu management as a separate subsystem
Planned System pages and global site settings
Planned Custom fields support
Live Routing — frontend and admin
Live SQLite content model with hierarchy and access rules
Live Template layer — powering recodecommerce.com

Use NestCMS for your project

Need a controlled, fast-to-deploy CMS for a client project? NestCMS is built to be extended, themed, and customized for specific business needs without rewriting the core.

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