Twill
by Twill CMS · Open source CMS toolkit for Laravel
33.3 — BenchRank score out of 100
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Overview
Twill is an open source CMS toolkit for Laravel, made by AREA 17, used to build a custom admin console rather than a fixed CMS. It provides a Vue.js admin UI with a visual editor, hi-res media library with smart cropping, responsive previewing and drag-and-drop featuring. Team features include permission levels, an activity dashboard, change tracking, multi-language and content scheduling.
- Best for
- Laravel teams that need a custom admin console for editorial content, headed or headless.
- Pricing
- The homepage shows no prices or plans; it describes Twill only as open source and invites enquiries to AREA 17.
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Open source CMS toolkit built specifically for Laravel
- Runs headed or headless, with no data lock-in
- Media library with smart cropping and responsive previews
- Permission levels, activity dashboard and change tracking
Trade-offs
- Tied to Laravel — no use outside a PHP/Laravel stack
- Admin UI is Vue.js, so UI changes mean working in Vue
- No pricing, licence or support terms shown on the site
- Latest release noted is 3.5.0 from March 2025
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
- MCP support
- 0 out of 100
- API quality
- 10 out of 100
- Documentation
- 70 out of 100
- Agent friendliness
- 38 out of 100
- Changelog
- 100 out of 100
- Marketing site structure
- 35 out of 100
- Operational trust
- 0 out of 100
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
- Openness
- 60 out of 100
- Maintenance
- 100 out of 100
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