I built a minimal open-source CMS (FREE)
Details
- External ID
- 46463525
- Source
- HN
- Company
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- Product
- I built a minimal open-source CMS (FREE)
- Website domain
- github.com
- Launched
- Jan. 2, 2026
- Cohort
- —
- Upvotes
- 6
- Upvotes percentile
- 0.2549407114624506
- Tags
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- Fetched at
- Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
- Updated at
- Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
Description
I built a minimal opensource CMS, I use it myself for my blog and for other SaaS.l love blogging, and sometimes I post random thoughts on my blog. The only thing is, I always did it with .md files, which is fine tooHowever, I was excited about the idea of using a CMS that was very minimal and avoiding the option of connecting something like WordPress or other big platforms.Open source (if you want to fork it or contribute) and free to use (unless I see you have a million views haha).Star the repo if you like it!
Enrichment
- Theme
- self-hosted infrastructure and security tools
- Vertical
- Horizontal
- Function
- Vertical SaaS
- Audience
- Developer
- AI stance
- Not AI
- Project type
- Hobby / open-source project
- Normalized one-liner
- open-source cms
- Manually corrected
- False
Could you build this?
Yes A minimal open-source flat-file or lightweight database CMS for blogging is a quintessential CRUD application easily scaffolded with AI assistants.
Discussion
1 comment analyzed.
Concerns raised: SEO/GEO optimization capabilities, Next.js suitability for SEO/GEO vs alternative frameworks
Competitors
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Launched 65 days after the earliest competitor.
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