```
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| '_ \ / _ \ \ / / _` |/ __/ _ \| '_ \| | | | | '_ ` _ \
| | | | (_) \ V / (_| | (_| (_) | | | | | |_| | | | | | |
|_| |_|\___/ \_/ \__,_|\___\___/|_| |_|_|\__,_|_| |_| |_|
```

# novaconium

A tiny, Hugo-flavored PHP micro-framework. Routes are directories on disk, pages render with [Twig](https://twig.symfony.com/), and any page that needs real logic gets an optional PHP "sidecar" file. Pages without a sidecar are pre-rendered once and served as static HTML straight from Apache afterwards. No Composer — Twig is vendored directly into the repo as plain source files.

For a full tour of what's included — routing, sidecars, caching, admin auth, access control, media manager, database, search, RSS, and more — see the [Novaconium Features](http://127.0.0.1:8000/blog/novaconium-features) post once the site is running, or `/admin/docs` (see Documentation below).

## Getting started

**Requirements:** PHP 8.1+ (uses `readonly` constructor-promoted properties) and, for production, Apache with `mod_rewrite` and `AllowOverride All`. A few optional features (database, content index/search, admin authentication) need the `pdo_sqlite` extension — see `/admin/docs` for details once running.

Run it locally, no Apache needed:

```
php -S 127.0.0.1:8000 -t public public/router.php
```

Visit `http://127.0.0.1:8000/` — click around the example pages, then open `http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/docs` for the complete documentation, rendered live from this same instance.

## Documentation

The full framework documentation lives inside the framework itself, at `/admin/docs` on any running instance — so it travels with the code, no internet connection needed. That's the canonical reference for everything: requirements, running locally, deploying on Apache or Docker, starting a new project, updating the framework, adding a page, routing, sidecars, libraries, database, session, content index, XML sitemap, RSS feeds, layouts, static caching, SEO, Matomo analytics, admin authentication, access control, draft pages, media manager, styling, and project layout.

`AGENTS.md` is the short, agent-facing version for coding assistants working in this repo, and `novaconium/ISSUES.md` is the roadmap/backlog.

## Third-party

[Twig](https://twig.symfony.com/) is vendored in source form under `novaconium/vendor/twig/` (no Composer — see `/admin/docs/upgrading-twig` for how to upgrade it). It's BSD-3-Clause licensed; the full license text ships alongside it at `novaconium/vendor/twig/LICENSE`.