Demo Framework
2.x

Quickstart

Install Atlas Framework and ship a Hello World page in under five minutes.

Laptop with code on a desk
Photo by Christopher Gower on Unsplash.
Atlas is a fictional application framework used to demonstrate versioned product documentation in Knowybase. This quickstart gets a local project running against the 3.x channel.
Next up
After Hello World, jump into Guides for testing, jobs, middleware, and performance — new in documentation release 2.0.0.

Install the CLI

bashExample
npm create atlas@latest my-app
cd my-app
npm run dev

Create your first route

phproutes/web.php
Route::get('/', function () {
    return atlas_view('welcome', [
        'title' => 'Hello from Atlas 3',
    ]);
});
  1. Install the CLI and generate a project skeleton.
  2. Start the local server and open the welcome page.
  3. Replace the sample route with your first feature endpoint.
  4. Add a feature test from Testing your app.
book

Installation

Supported runtimes, PHP versions, and Node tooling.

folder

Testing

Feature tests and CI habits.

api

Background jobs

Queue work off the request.

Atlas sample content is intentionally fictional. Use it to explore theme layout, versioning UX, and rich block rendering.
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Updated Aug 5, 2026