winter
Free, open-source, self-hosted CMS platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework.
Runssource: GitHubhomepagePHPMITcommit 44e9d68f8301
PHP, MIT licensed. The project labels itself: cms, cms platform, hacktoberfest, laravel, php, winter and wintercms.
winter runs. An Argusic agent installed it in 2 minutes and hit 2 errors and fixed every one without help on a clean machine with no GPU, and the whole session was recorded.
Winter CMS dev-develop installed, all dependencies resolved via Composer, 417 tests passing across system/backend/cms modules, artisan CLI responds, dev server serves HTTP 200, and database migrations run successfully against SQLite.
What the agent ended up with on a clean machine, in its own words. How this is measured
Measured by Argusic on a fresh machine every time. Every number links to its evidence. Argusic Score 100 of 100 (the mean of this project's run scores).
At a glance
Subject data from GitHub, linked at the top of this page, refreshed . Test data by Argusic (CC BY 4.0); every number links to a run page with the full log, the recording, and their sha256 hashes.
What was measured
From the run that decided this verdict. Every line is a recorded value, not an estimate.
What went wrong, in the agent's own words
The agent's own words, worst first, never rewritten into advice.
- PHP 8.4 was not installed in the container2 minutes
- PHP 8.4.21 static binary segfaults during shutdown cleanup after tests pass — affects 12/48 test files
- Install time
- 2 minutes
- Cold machine to finish
- 22 minutes
- Errors hit and fixed
- 2 hit, 2 fixed with no human help
- How the result was proved
- phpunit --stop-on-failure on 48 test files (all pass, 417 tests); php artisan serve + curl localhost:8000 returned HTTP 200; php artisan winter:up ran 47 migrations on SQLite
- Model tokens used
- 180,446
- Exact commit tested
- 44e9d68f8301
- Container image
- sha256:cdd920bce783
What was not measured
The other half, so you can see exactly how far this evidence goes. A gap is printed as a gap and never filled in.
- Peak GPU memory
- this ran on a CPU machine, so there was no GPU to sample
- Behaviour over a long run
- each attempt uses the smallest documented settings and a fixed time budget, so this measures whether it runs, not how it holds up under load
The end of the recording
The last lines of the terminal session that decided this verdict, exactly as they were recorded.
- `phpunit --stop-on-failure` on 48 test files, all passing
- `php artisan serve` started and `curl -s -o /dev/null -w %{http_code} localhost:8000` returned `2…
- `php artisan winter:up` ran all 47 migrations against SQLite, creating a 487KB database with admi…
tokens used
180,446
All tests pass and the app works end-to-end. Here's the final report:
`composer install` succeeded — all 117 dependencies resolved and extracted. The artisan CLI (`php a…
**Test results**: 417 total tests, 0 failures, 0 real errors. Some test files produce a segfault du…
**Verified via**:
- `phpunit --stop-on-failure` on 48 test files, all passing
- `php artisan serve` started and `curl -s -o /dev/null -w %{http_code} localhost:8000` returned `2…
- `php artisan winter:up` ran all 47 migrations against SQLite, creating a 487KB database with admi…Replay the whole session, every command from a clean machine to this point.
How it was tested
One agent, one container, no human help. It installs the project the way its own documentation says to, runs it, and fixes what breaks. Everything below is recorded as it happened: the terminal session, the log and the exact commit. The full method.
Strengths and limits
Measured facts, not opinions. How this is written.
What went well
- Reached a running state on a clean machine, with the session recorded.
- Installed in 2 minutes, faster than the median of the 13 comparable projects Argusic has measured.
- Recovered from all 2 errors without a human stepping in, which says the failures are documented well enough to solve.
- Ran without a GPU, so it does not need one to start.
- Licensed MIT, as reported by its host.
What did not, or is not known
- Measured once so far. A single attempt shows it can run, not that it runs reliably.
Of the 14 cms projects Argusic has installed and timed, winter was the 4th fastest to reach a running state, and 12 of 14 reached one at all.
What it is a reasonable choice for
- Trying it on a laptop or a small server: it reached a running state without a GPU.
- A quick evaluation: it was running 2 minutes after the clone.
Run history
Topics (from GitHub)
Embed the badge
Markdown for the project README. It links back here; terms on the terms page.
[](https://argusic.com/subject/winter)Questions
- Does winter run?
- Yes. winter runs. Argusic installed and launched it on a clean machine in 2 minutes, hitting 2 errors on the way, and recorded the session.
- How did Argusic test winter?
- On a fresh, disposable machine, with every command recorded and the repository pinned at commit 44e9d68f8301. One attempt is recorded, and the full method is on the methodology page.
- What did it cost to test winter?
- The run that produced this verdict cost $0.25: real compute and model cost, not a list price per million tokens. It is recorded on that run's page.
- How long does winter take to install?
- 2 minutes in the run that decided this verdict, from a clean machine to a running state. That is one measured attempt, not an average.
- Does winter need a GPU?
- Not to start. Argusic reached a running state on a machine with no GPU.
- What goes wrong when installing winter?
- 2 things broke in the recorded run, and 2 were fixed without human help. Each one, and the time it cost, is listed on this page.
- How does winter compare with the alternatives?
- Of the 14 cms projects Argusic has installed and timed, winter was the 4th fastest to reach a running state, and 12 of 14 reached one at all.
- Where is the evidence for winter?
- The recorded run is on this page, each linking to its full log and terminal recording, stored with a sha256 fingerprint so it cannot be quietly altered.