Evolution CMS 3.0 RC3

Evolution CMS 3.0 RC3 was presented as the final release candidate before the official 3.0 launch, but the release note also serves as a compact roadmap of how the project had evolved from the original RC through RC2 into the final pre-release state.

What RC3 added

• upgrade to Laravel 8
• TVs for users
• evo() shorthand for evolutionCMS()
• Blade support for @auth, @guest, and @csrf
• an Auth facade that works in a Laravel-like way
• Laravel HTTP integration
• new update command: artisan make:site update 3.x
• VerifyCsrfToken middleware
• PHP 8 support

What RC2 had already introduced

• Laravel routing for AJAX and custom routing with Validator, Request, and Response
• merge of WebUsers and Managers into a unified Users model
• full refactor of users and roles
• Laravel-style language handling
• speed optimization
• console Extras support
• full-cache-clear console command

What the original RC established

• PostgreSQL support
• Redis session support
• installation and update by migrations
• CLI install and update
• Docker support
• controllers in core
• Closure Table support
• DLSiteContent
• moving several legacy elements out of core and into Extras
• helper-based phpThumb integration
• Tracy improvements and cached documentObject support

Why RC3 mattered

RC3 is worth archiving as more than a pre-release. It captures the final stabilization stage of the Evo 3 direction: Laravel-based architecture, stronger package and controller workflows, modern authentication and request handling, and a much clearer developer story than earlier Evolution generations had.

Source: View full release notes on GitHub.