Twill is an open source Laravel package developed by AREA 17 that helps developers rapidly create a custom CMS that is beautiful, powerful, and flexible[1]. It standardizes common functions without compromising developer control, making it easy to deliver a feature-rich admin console focused on modern publishing needs[1].
Some key benefits of Twill include[1]:
- No lock-in, create your data models or hook existing ones
- No front-end assumptions, use it within your Laravel app or headless
- No bloat, turn off features you don't need
- No need to write/adapt HTML for the admin UI
- No limits, extend as you see fit
Twill 3.3.1 is the latest patch release, adding support for Laravel 11 and addressing various bugs and edge cases[2]. The 3.0.0 release was the first stable version, with priorities focused on improving the developer experience and documentation[2].
The Twill documentation covers topics like creating CRUD modules, using the media library, the block editor, and more[3]. It follows semantic versioning, with major releases containing breaking changes, while minor and patch releases are backwards compatible[3].
Twill Image is a companion package that works with Twill to easily display responsive images on your site, leveraging Twill's image processing capabilities[4]. Twill API is another package that provides a set of tools to build APIs on top of Twill[5].
Citations:[1] https://github.com/area17/twill
[2] https://github.com/area17/twill/releases
[3] https://twillcms.com/docs/
[4] https://packagist.org/packages/area17/twill-image
[5] https://packagist.org/packages/area17/twill-api