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Check out https://getkirby.com. I have been working exclusively with it for 6 years and still love it.

You are in total control of the frontend since the core doesn't output any HTML. You can use it with plain PHP templates (easiest) or headless. The admin panel is clean and totally customizable via an YAML configuration file. Content is stored in files, no DB needed.

Location: State of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: PHP (Laravel & Kirby CMS), LEMP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Javascript (Vue.js & React), HTML, CSS (Tailwind CSS and pre-processors), Git, NPM/Yarn, and Composer.

Github: https://github.com/pedroborges

Email: oi@pedroborg.es

I'm a self-taught web developer from Brazil. I've been freelancing for 3 years doing both front-end and back-end work. Prior to that, I worked as a designer at a textbook publisher for almost 8 years.

I'm good at HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Laravel, and Kirby CMS. I'm very comfortable with web development tools such as Git, NPM/Yarn, Composer, CSS pre-processors, Laravel Forge, Tailwind CSS. Right now I'm learning Vue.js and React. I love reading good documentation and learning by myself.

I have experience deploying projects to complex infrastructures like Amazon EC2 and VPS (Linode, Digital Ocean, and Vultr). I have also worked on a number of integrations with external APIs such as Amazon S3, Stripe, Zendesk, Mailchimp, Mailgun, webhooks, and many more.

I've been developing websites and plugins with Kirby 2 for 3 years and have had a great experience with it. I find it great for building custom websites. Clients love the simplicity of the Panel too.

Kirby 3 is a huge step forward. Some of my favorite new features are:

- New Panel powered by Vue.js

- Panel tabs & sections

- Better plugin API

- Built-in REST API which allows it to be used as a headless CMS

- External data sources

- Asynchronous media API

- Better cache system

- Simpler language management

It's not just an admin rewrite in Vue.js, the core has also been rewritten using new features introduced by latest PHP versions.

It also introduces a new API for plugins allowing things that weren't possible in Kirby 2.

You can do whatever you want on your templates. If by widget you mean reusable code, you could use a snippet.

So this logic can go on a template or snippet:

  <?php $latest = page('blog')->children()->visible()->limit(6); ?>

  <div class="widget">
  <?php foreach($latest as $post) : ?>
    <a href="<?= $post->url()?>"><h2><?= $post->title()->html() ?></h2></a>
  <?php endforeach ?>
  </div>
Instead of fetching the post on the template, you could use a controller and just pass the $latest variable to the template.

I'm a web developer who have been happily using Kirby for over a year. I'm available for answering question you might have about Kirby.

(I'm not affiliated with the Kirby team).