Evolution CMS Installer 1.3.2: EVO Skills, Windows Fixes, and Cleaner CLI Installs

Evolution CMS Installer 1.3.2 expands the installer beyond project creation. The headline feature is optional project-local EVO Skills installation for automated CLI workflows, backed by lockfiles, hash verification, and workflow metadata validation.

EVO Skills installation

The installer can now install selected EVO Skills as an optional final stage of a non-interactive install. This is intentionally CLI-only in this release and is designed for controlled project setup rather than hidden automation.

• --skills selects comma-separated skill names, default, or none.
• --skills-source points to a local path or Git source with the skills manifest.
• --skills-ref can pin a branch, tag, or commit.
• --skills-link links skills instead of copying them.
• --skills-dry-run previews the plan without writing files.

evo install my-project --cli --skills=default --skills-source=/path/to/evo-skills

Integrity and workflow metadata

• Skill payload hashes declared by the manifest are verified before installation.
• Missing files and content-hash mismatches are rejected before files are written.
• The installer writes a project-local .evo-skills.lock.json with source, mode, files, hashes, and operations.
• Workflow metadata can be loaded and validated, but workflows are not executed automatically.

Install reliability fixes

• Windows installs now handle Evolution bootstrap paths and bundled Extras paths more reliably.
• Renamed manager directories now receive correct rewrite configuration for manager endpoints, EvoUI routes, and Livewire paths.
• Non-interactive CLI progress is redrawn in place instead of printing noisy repeated lines.

Updating

The recommended update path is still:

evo self-update

Composer users can update the bootstrap package directly:

composer global update evolution-cms/installer

View the Evolution CMS Installer 1.3.2 release on GitHub