Compare Grav vs. Symphony CMS

Grav is a fresh flat-file database which is easy to install. It uses a number of Symfony components and is very fast to get started with.

Symphony CMS is a content management system that is built using PHP language. Despite the similarity in naming it has nothing to do with the Symfony project also written in PHP.

• Fast to install and get started with
• Extensible via Plugins, Skeletons and Themes
• A fresh codebase, no PHP4 cruft here

• Simple to read codebase
• Easy user interface
• Extensible by default

• Limited use cases due to flat-file approach
• Limited developer base
• Needs more work to round the edges in real-world use

• Codebase shows it's age
• Heavy investment in project specific technology
• Limited popularity