Boring CMS
Headless CMS in one Node process. Zero dependencies.
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Boring CMS is a headless CMS that runs as a single Node process on SQLite. One deploy serves many projects, each with its own database, API keys and content model. It starts in 59 ms, idles at 65 MB and ships with zero runtime dependencies. You get an admin UI, a REST API with ETag caching, and a built-in MCP server so AI agents can manage content. Try it with `npx boring-cms`. MIT licensed.
PH · launched Sep 22, 2026 · 4 upvotes (top 8%) · 2 views
Niche: headless content management systems · 29 launches, 2 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Developer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
- Open Source
- Developer Tools
- Artificial Intelligence
- GitHub
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More like this: all 29 launches in headless content management systems →
Could you build this?
Yes A lightweight Node.js headless CMS with SQLite, standard REST endpoints, and an admin dashboard can be quickly built using modern Node.js standard libraries.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 27 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #3 of 28 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 281 days after the earliest competitor.
- LightCMS · ph · 2026-10-31 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.42
- cms · github · 2026-11-06 · 64 upvotes · similarity 0.39
- Baack · ph · 2026-10-26 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.35
- pooml (Poor Man's Logger) · ph · 2026-10-10 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.34
- Hostless Cloud · ph · 2026-11-04 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.33
- Orbitarium Design · ph · 2026-09-29 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.33
- zep.js · ph · 2026-09-21 · 4 upvotes · similarity 0.33
- gamedb · github · 2026-10-01 · 26 upvotes · similarity 0.33
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