Headless Freedom. Visual Control.
Radical Simplicity.

Stop renting your CMS. Get the security of modern PHP, the flexibility of an API, and an intuitive Page Builder, without the complexity. No subscriptions, no limits, just code you understand.

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The Problem

Building websites shouldn't be a choice between chaos and constraints.

Modern CMS platforms have drifted away from simplicity. Some are built on years of accumulated legacy, resulting in bloated architectures, fragile code, and constant maintenance issues. Others move everything into SaaS platforms, locking you into subscriptions, limiting control, and taking ownership away from you. And increasingly, modern stacks rely on layers of abstractions and heavy frameworks just to render basic content. No matter the approach, the result is the same: too much complexity, not enough control, and slower websites.

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The Architecture Bloat

Platforms like WordPress have become a spaghetti of legacy code and redundant objects. To do something simple, you’re forced into a labyrinth of thousands of classes and unpredictable plugins. This 'bloat' makes the code impossible to truly understand, hard to maintain, slows development and is a constant security risk.
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The SaaS Prison

SaaS platforms like Webflow promise simplicity. But in exchange, you give up control. You’re locked into subscriptions (often expensive), constrained by pricing tiers, and limited on features, workflows, and scaling. You’re dependent on a platform you don’t control. Your content, your business, on someone else’s terms.
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The Abstraction Tax

Modern web stacks are powerful, but massively over-engineered for most websites. React, Next.js, bundlers, hydration, client-side routing… Layers upon layers of abstraction. All of this just to render content. Instead of simplifying development, these tools introduce cognitive overhead, performance costs, and unnecessary complexity. Why ship megabytes of JavaScript just to display text?
The Solution

Modern PHP. Radical Simplicity. No frameworks. No lock-in.

The security of modern PHP. The freedom of Headless. The comfort of a Page Builder. All without the complexity or build steps. Own your data, understand your code, and deploy in seconds.

  • The ‘Clean Monolith’ architecture.
    Just PHP with Vanilla JavaScript. No unnecessary abstractions, no over-engineering, no added complexity. If you know PHP, you already know Pragma CMS.
  • Self-Hosted & One-Time Payment
    Deploy a secure HTTPS site in 30 seconds, not 3 hours. Pragma CMS comes with Caddy pre-configured (auto SSL, HTTP/3, compression). Your server, your rules. Pay once, use forever. Install on a €5 VPS via our automated script and serve thousands of requests without recurring fees.
  • Structured Data, Visual Editing
    Define strict content models for developers, but let clients drag-and-drop blocks visually. The end of 'Can you change this text?' emails.

Powerful features

Code-first for developers. Content-first for marketers.

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Visual Builder

Drag, drop, and edit live. Give marketers the freedom they crave without ever touching the source code.
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Content Modeling

Define your data, your way. Build complex content structures in seconds with a developer-first interface.
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Multi-Language

Go global natively. Translate content, assets, and URLs without slow third-party plugins.
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Multi-Site Management

One dashboard, many worlds. Manage dozens of websites from a single install. Perfect for multi-brand companies.
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Hybrid Core (Twig & API)

Server-side rendering with Twig, or plain PHP when you need full control. Or go fully Headless via REST API for any frontend or mobile app.. No client-side framework required.
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Infinite Extensibility

Extend the core with official extensions or write your own. Connect to any CRM or analytics tool via our full REST API. No black boxes, just clean code that scales with your needs.
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For Marketer & Developper

The best of both worlds. The security and performance of modern PHP, with the freedom of Headless and the visual comfort of a Page Builder.

Edit quickly and easily

Edit content live on the page, manage SEO meta-tags, and launch pages in minutes. Drag & drop blocks without breaking the design system defined by developers. Independent, fast, and intuitive.

No abstractions. Just PHP.

No spaghetti code. No unnecessary abstractions. No over-engineering. A pragmatic, lightweight architecture with MVC-lite organization, minimal OOP, Twig templating, CLI tools, and full Git versioning support. If you know PHP, you already know Pragma CMS.

Built for modern stacks

Built on the stack you already trust.

  • PHP : Strict types, JIT compiled, Rock solid.
  • MariaDB : Data integrity
  • Vanilla JS : No Build Step. No Webpack. No complexity. Just the browser.
  • Caddy : Auto-HTTPS & Speed
  • Twig : Secure Templating

Take back control of your websites.
Start building better sites today.

Own your CMS. Control your stack.

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