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Bastian Allgeier

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Designer & developer. Creator of Kirby CMS

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Our Spring Sale starts today! Save 20% until March 23rd getkirby.com/buy

You know the drill:

πŸ›’ Volume discounts save you even more
πŸ›’ You can buy licenses in bulk and activate them later
πŸ›’ Each license includes free major upgrades for the next 3 years after activation

09.03.2026 09:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Home β€” Digital Independence Day An jedem ersten Sonntag im Monat veranstalten wir den Digital Independence Day. Wir holen uns unser freies digitales Leben zurΓΌck und wechseln zu demokratiefreundlichen digitalen Alternativen.

A fantastic new German initiative turns the first Sunday of every month into "Digital Independence Day", showcasing ways how to say goodbye to big tech: di.day.

We couldn't be happier that their site is running on Kirby.

27.02.2026 13:21 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A lot of websites nowadays need to be measured by their First Contentful Pain

27.02.2026 10:29 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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We've just realised that we've surpassed 200 releases since Kirby 3 in 2019! 🀯 It's incredible how simply showing up can lead to so much progress over time, but you only really notice it in hindsight. {{ put inspirational quote about a slow drip and a hollow stone here }}

10.02.2026 16:14 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Blueprint Areas Add custom Panel areas via blueprints on KirbyΒ CMS

Our plugin ecosystem keeps growing. Here are some recent highlights:

πŸ”Œ Kirby MCP:
plugins.getkirby.com/bnomei/kirby...

πŸ”Œ Kirby Blueprint Areas:
plugins.getkirby.com/grommasdietz...

πŸ”Œ Kirby Loop:
plugins.getkirby.com/moinframe/loop

πŸ”Œ Kirby TipTap:
plugins.getkirby.com/medienbaecke...

06.02.2026 10:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We've just released the second alpha for Kirby 6: github.com/getkirby/kir...

Coming in the second half of this year as a free upgrade for all Kirby 4 and 5 license holders, it's going to include some really cool new features. Some of them are already available in this developer preview.

04.02.2026 15:50 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Suno, AI Music, and the Bad Future
Suno, AI Music, and the Bad Future YouTube video by Adam Neely

Adam Neely has created an absolute masterpiece about GenAI and Music, which is very much applicable to any craft. I don't think I've seen anything comparable yet: www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8dc...

03.02.2026 16:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
You are being misled about renewable energy technology.
You are being misled about renewable energy technology. YouTube video by Technology Connections

The video is clearly targeted at Americans, but it has some fantastic points about renewable energy that I haven't seen phrased like this before: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9... Don't skip the second part though. It's even more important.

31.01.2026 16:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We were really excited to learn that the site for the Stockholm City Hall Restaurants is running on Kirby: www.stadshusrestauranger.se.

Agency Bolt is sharing more details about the process in their great case study: www.bolt.se/case/food-fa....

30.01.2026 10:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Looking forward to breathless media coverage of drivers of internal combustion engine vehicles who are suffering from range anxiety because gas stations are becoming ghost stations.

27.01.2026 21:21 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's impossible to consume world news without stabbing yourself with a knitting needle afterwards. In fact, the stabbing is the more enjoyable part.

22.01.2026 15:55 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Add custom icons to the panel in Kirby CMS
Add custom icons to the panel in Kirby CMS Quick tip time! Learn how to add custom svg icons to the panel and use them in your custom blocks or anywhere else in the panel. πŸ’¬ Have an idea for a quick tip everybody should know? Share it in…

Justus has posted a great new video on his channel showing you how to add custom icons to the Panel. You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSYX...

22.01.2026 14:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Today is Kirby’s 14th birthday πŸŽ‚

It still feels like yesterday and a hundred years ago when v1 launched without the panel, a PDF cheat sheet for all available methods, a red logo and zero expectations. 14 years later you are still supporting us. Stronger than ever. Thank you so much πŸ’›

09.01.2026 09:30 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

1. Combine the sale discount with volume packages to save even more.
2. Every license includes 3 years of free upgrades after registration.
3. You can buy licenses in stock and register them later.
4. You can buy licenses for your customers and we can transfer them later if needed.

22.12.2025 08:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our sale ends today: getkirby.com/buy πŸ›οΈ

All you need to know last minute …

22.12.2025 08:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We'll keep our 'Kirby wrapped' post brief. There's one number we really want to share with you. Together, we’ve collected and donated €4,778 to the Against Malaria Foundation in 2025. πŸ’›

This is a great achievement. We are very grateful that you use our donation chechbox at checkout so frequently!

18.12.2025 12:58 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Kirby is a highly extensible system. We are already seeing great integrations. But it's all about having a choice and it's also about sticking to our philosophy. You should be able to add things to Kirby. You should not have to remove them in order to make it work for you or your values.

16.12.2025 15:55 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It might sound weird, but we don't have any plans to bake AI into @getkirby.com We are well aware that a significant part of our customers would not appreciate forcing AI upon them. And we respect that.

16.12.2025 15:55 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

The majority of those AI thinkpieces are pretty predictable growthhacking attempts or often just good old ragebait. The tiring part is trying to look for substance in any of this.

16.12.2025 11:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What's new in v5.2? We've managed to achieve better performance for our Panel forms, especially for setups with deeply nested fields. Running views for all our fields (of course a very theoretical scenario), we achieved a reduction in time of almost 70%!

All of 5.2: github.com/getkirby/kir...

16.12.2025 09:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sea Shepherd France est une association de défense et de protection des océans, spécialisée dans la lutte contre le braconnage et dans la sensibilisation du grand public aux enjeux liés à la préservat... Sea Shepherd France, en première ligne pour défendre l'Océan

A major source of happiness for me is seeing meaningful projects being built with @getkirby.com Here are just some recent, personal highlights: seashepherd.fr, hackyourfuture.net & arbeiterkind.de

12.12.2025 08:43 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We sometimes hide in a rabbit hole for a bit to come back with a week like this:

πŸ‡ Kirby 5.2.0
github.com/getkirby/kir...

πŸ‡ Kirby 6.0.0-alpha.1
github.com/getkirby/kir...

πŸ‡ Kirby CLI 1.9.0
github.com/getkirby/cli...

πŸ‡ Kirby Konf 2026
konf.getkirby.com

πŸ‡ Kirby Winter Sale
getkirby.com/buy

12.12.2025 07:54 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Release 1.9.0 Β· getkirby/cli πŸŽ‰Β Features PHP 8.5 support #102 The new kirby uuid:duplicates command checks for multiple models that share the same UUID - which is of course not intended and can lead to bad side-effects, but ca...

But there's more …

πŸš€ Kirby CLI 1.9.0

github.com/getkirby/cli...

🐘 PHP 8.5 support for all kits

The Starterkit, Plainkit and Composerkit have all been upgraded to Kirby 5.2 and PHP 8.5

πŸ›οΈ Sale

Last but not least: Don't forget that Kirby is currently on sale: getkirby.com/buy

09.12.2025 13:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This early developer preview comes with Vue 3 support and mainly aims at all plugin developers. It does not include new features yet. But we want to start the migration process early together, to keep it as painless as possible and move our ecosystem forward in a responsible way.

09.12.2025 13:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Release 6.0.0-alpha.1 – Developer Preview Β· getkirby/kirby TL;DR: Kirby 6.0.0-alpha.1 is a very early developer preview with Vue 3 support, backend refactoring but no new features at this point. If you are not working on third-party plugins or your own cus...

πŸš€ Kirby 6.0.0-alpha.1 – Developer Preview

github.com/getkirby/kir...

Kirby 6 is still a long way off. ETA is the second half of 2026. It will be a free, major upgrade for all Kirby 4+ license owners. …

09.12.2025 13:23 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Release 5.2.0 Β· getkirby/kirby 🀩 Highlights 🐘 PHP 8.5 support πŸ“» CORS support β˜‘οΈ New batch select mode for the checkboxes field ↕️ Collapse / expand all blocks πŸ“‚ New create option for the files section 🏷️ Better auto-labels in ...

We have a big list of updates for you:

πŸš€ Kirby 5.2.0

github.com/getkirby/kir...

🐘 PHP 8.5 support
πŸ“» CORS support
β˜‘οΈ New batch select mode for checkboxes
↕️ Collapse / expand all blocks
πŸ“‚ New create option for the files section
🏷️ Better auto-labels in the Panel
⚑️ Big performance boost for forms

09.12.2025 13:23 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our winter sale is here! Get 20% off until 22 December: getkirby.com/buy 🌲

08.12.2025 09:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He suddenly stood behind me and shouted: "Stop! You are riding a dead horse here!" I had killed what was already good by not stopping. That lesson really stuck with me.

04.12.2025 09:42 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Notion is such a good example of a tool with a team that did not know when to stop and reflect, but just kept adding.

We had a brilliant drawing teacher and sculptor in university. I was very pleased with one of my drawings and kept going, adding more and more details. …

04.12.2025 09:42 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Friends of beyond tellerrand: Our membership program β€œFriends of beyond tellerrand” is a small membership program for people who believe in the power of creative community.

Well … if I could have a wish for Christmas … how about joining the β€œFriends of beyond tellerrand”? Be part of #btconf and make it independent. 🀘

beyondtellerrand.com/friends-of-bt

πŸ™ Thank you!

02.12.2025 19:36 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 4