Guide
Requirements:
- A webserver
- PHP 8.2
- Projects to share!
Swarm is essentially a theme for Kirby 4 - a file-based PHP Content Management System.
Kirby 4 is not free software. You can use it for evaluation, but to run it on a live site, you'll need to purchase a license from getkirby.com
Kirby offers free licenses for students and select educational projects. Learn more at Kirby website.
How-to video
Learn now to:
- Download the zip archive with a pre-built release of Swarm from Github
- Upload to hosting (alwaysdata as an example)
- Register Kirby panel account
- Upload work
User registration
Allow (or disallow) participants to sign up and upload their work
Project categories
Set and organise exhibition works with custom categories
F.A.Q.
Is it free to use?
Kirby 4 is not free software. You can use it for evaluation, but to run it on a live site, you'll need to purchase a license from getkirby.com
Swarm theme is free and open-source under the MIT License.
How many users can register on a website?
There is no actual limit, it can be 100-200 users/participants or even more, as long as you have a free space on your web server to store project files.