TallCMS Core

• Two Ways to Use TallCMS
  • 1. Standalone Application (Full CMS)
  • 2. Filament Plugin (Add to Existing App)
• Features
• System Requirements
• Documentation
  • Getting Started
  • Site Management
  • Block Reference
  • Pro Blocks
  • Developer Guides
  • Reference
• Architecture
• Troubleshooting
• Credits
  • Built with AI
  • Core Technologies
• License
• Links

A modern Content Management System built on the TALL stack (Tailwind CSS, Alpine.js, Laravel, Livewire) with a Filament admin panel and a daisyUI-powered block system.

#Two Ways to Use TallCMS

#1. Standalone Application (Full CMS)

Get a complete CMS with themes, plugins, web installer, and auto-updates:

composer create-project tallcms/tallcms my-site
cd my-site
npm install && npm run build
php artisan serve

Visit http://localhost:8000/install to complete the web installer.

#2. Filament Plugin (Add to Existing App)

Add CMS features to your existing Filament application:

composer require tallcms/cms

Add the HasRoles trait to your User model:

use Spatie\Permission\Traits\HasRoles;

class User extends Authenticatable
{
    use HasFactory, HasRoles, Notifiable;
}

Register the plugin in your panel provider:

use TallCms\Cms\TallCmsPlugin;

->plugin(TallCmsPlugin::make())

Run the installer:

php artisan tallcms:install

See the Installation Guide for full setup instructions.

#Features

• Web Installer — Setup wizard with no command line required (standalone)
• One-Click Updates — Secure system updates with Ed25519 signature verification (standalone)
• Block-Based Editor — 16 built-in content blocks with animations and responsive design
• Pages & Posts — Static pages and blog posts with categories and templates
• Publishing Workflow — Draft, Pending Review, Scheduled, and Published states
• Revision History — Track changes with diff comparison and rollback
• Preview System — Preview unpublished content with shareable tokens
• Media Library — Organize uploads with collections and metadata
• Menu Builder — Drag-and-drop navigation menus with mega menu support
• Comments — Built-in comment system with moderation
• Full-Text Search — Laravel Scout-powered search across content
• SEO — Sitemaps, meta tags, Open Graph, and structured data
• Internationalization — Multi-language support via Spatie Translatable
• Site Settings — Centralized configuration for site name, contact info, social links, SPA mode
• Role-Based Permissions — Super Admin, Administrator, Editor, Author
• Plugin System — Extend functionality with installable plugins (standalone)
• Theme System — daisyUI presets or custom themes with template overrides (standalone)
• REST API — Optional Sanctum-authenticated API for headless usage
• Cloud Storage — S3-compatible storage (AWS, DigitalOcean, Cloudflare R2)
• Maintenance Mode — Built-in site maintenance with custom messaging

#System Requirements

• PHP: 8.2+
• Laravel: 12.x
• Filament: 5.x
• Database: MySQL 8.0+, MariaDB 10.3+, or SQLite

#Documentation

Full documentation lives in the docs/ folder. Start with the Documentation Index.

#Getting Started

#Site Management

#Block Reference

Each built-in block has its own guide:

#Pro Blocks

Upgrade to TallCMS Pro for 9 additional blocks:

See the Pro Plugin Changelog for release history.

Learn more at tallcms.com/pro.

#Developer Guides

#Reference

#Architecture

TallCMS is a monorepo. The core CMS package lives at packages/tallcms/cms/ and is published separately as tallcms/cms.

tallcms/tallcms (Standalone skeleton)    tallcms/cms (Package)
├── app/                                 ├── src/
│   ├── Models/ (wrappers)               │   ├── Models/
│   ├── Services/                        │   ├── Services/
│   └── Filament/                        │   ├── Filament/
├── themes/                              │   │   ├── Blocks/
├── plugins/                             │   │   ├── Resources/
├── .tallcms-standalone                  │   │   └── Widgets/
└── ...                                  │   ├── Http/
                                         │   └── Console/Commands/
                                         └── database/migrations/

• Standalone mode — Full skeleton with themes, plugins, web installer, and auto-updates. Detected by the .tallcms-standalone marker file.
• Plugin mode — Just the CMS package added to your existing Filament app via composer require tallcms/cms.

See the Architecture Reference for details.

#Troubleshooting

Common issues and solutions are documented in the Installation Guide.

Quick fixes:

• "Page not showing changes" — php artisan cache:clear && php artisan view:clear
• "Styles look broken" — npm run build
• "Installation already complete" — Delete storage/installer.lock or set INSTALLER_ENABLED=true
• "Permission denied" — chmod -R 775 storage bootstrap/cache
• "CMS resources not appearing" — Ensure the plugin is registered and run php artisan migrate
• "Call to undefined method assignRole()" — Add the HasRoles trait to your User model

#Credits

#Built with AI

TallCMS is co-developed with Claude AI (Anthropic) and code-reviewed by Codex (OpenAI).

#Core Technologies

• Laravel — The PHP framework
• Filament — Admin panel framework
• Livewire — Dynamic frontend components
• Tailwind CSS — Utility-first CSS
• daisyUI — Tailwind component library and themes
• Alpine.js — Lightweight JavaScript framework

#License

TallCMS is open-source software licensed under the MIT License.

#Links

• Website: tallcms.com
• Documentation: tallcms.com/docs
• GitHub: github.com/tallcms/tallcms
• Package: github.com/tallcms/cms
• Roadmap: ROADMAP.md
• Support: hello@tallcms.com