Version 5 supported

Getting started with Silverstripe

Before you start developing your first web application, you'll need to install the latest version of Silverstripe onto a web server. The Getting Started section will show you what server requirements you will need to meet and how to install Silverstripe with Composer.

To check out the features that Silverstripe offers without installing it, read the Feature Overview and play with our interactive demos.

Getting support

Silverstripe has a wide range of options for getting support:

Building your first Silverstripe web application

Once you have completed the Getting Started guide and have got Silverstripe installed and running, the following Tutorials will lead through the basics and core concepts of Silverstripe.

Make sure you know the basic concepts of PHP before attempting to follow the tutorials.

Silverstripe concepts

The Developer Guides contain more detailed documentation on certain Silverstripe topics, 'how to' examples and reference documentation.

Contributing to Silverstripe

The Silverstripe Framework, Content Management System and related websites are open source and welcome community contributions.