Best of CMS — 2024

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Community Picks·2y
Web Development Trends For 2024
The future trends of web development for 2024 include the adoption of AI and ML, the rise of Internet of Behavior (IoB), the mainstream use of Headless CMS, the expansion of micro frontends, the importance of mobile optimization, the widespread adoption of GraphQL, the emergence of Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA), the trend towards serverless architecture, the introduction of edge computing, and the popularity of programming languages and frameworks such as Rust, JavaScript, Python, Django, Node.js, Svelte, and Qwik.
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freeCodeCamp·2y
How to Build a Basic CMS with Google Sheets and React
Learn how to build a basic CMS using Google Sheets and React. This approach reduces costs and simplifies content updates and management. Ideal for freelancers and those on a tight budget.
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Dev Squad·2y
Check out my new portfolio website. Powered by Vue and Nuxt 💚
Check out my newly launched portfolio website, created in collaboration with a professional designer for enhanced UX/UI and branding. It uses Nuxt for the front end, integrates Storyblok as the CMS, and is deployed on Netlify. The project has also received honorable mentions on Awwwards and CSS Design Award.
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Community Picks·2y
Best Headless CMS for React in 2024
A headless CMS is a backend-only CMS that allows developers to use their tools and frameworks to create a user interface. React remains a cornerstone for building dynamic and scalable applications. Here are the top headless CMS options for React: Sanity.io, Storyblok, Contentful, Strapi, Prismic, Ghost, Kentico Kontent, Hygraph (formerly GraphCMS), ButterCMS, Directus, and Payload CMS.
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DEV·2y
Goodbye Webflow, Hello Our Shiny New Website
After growing frustrated with Webflow, the team decided to revamp their website by switching to a headless CMS. They evaluated options like WordPress, Webflow, and hardcoding with React but found each limiting. Finally, they chose Payload for its excellent integration with Next.js, offering full customization and better performance. This decision allowed them to have control over performance, enhanced SEO and analytics, and a user-friendly content editing experience.
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builder.io·2y
Understanding and Implementing Structured Data
Structured data helps organizations organize and standardize their information for easier access and updates, improving decision-making and efficiency. Unstructured data, which constitutes around 80-90% of data, requires specialized tools to analyze. Implementing structured content models and using a CMS can significantly enhance SEO, personalization, and dynamic content delivery across multiple platforms. Headless CMS and modular UI components further support flexible, sustainable digital experiences.
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Community Picks·2y
The Top 12 Open-Source No-Code Tools with the Most GitHub Stars
Explore 12 open-source no-code tools on GitHub, ranked by their star ratings. Each tool is designed to enhance the development process across various scenarios, from Formily's dynamic form generation to NocoBase's customizable business systems, Mitosis's cross-framework development, GrapesJS's visual web template creation, and Directus's headless CMS functionality. Each tool's core features and use cases are detailed to help developers select the best fit for their projects.
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Community Picks·2y
Webstudio: Open Source Webflow Alternative
Webstudio provides a visual tool that offers complete control over CSS properties, enables quick iterations without writing code, and delivers high optimization for search engines. It supports dynamic templates that change content based on URLs and allows data binding to components. Published sites are hosted separately for better performance and stability. Webstudio is free to start, scalable without hidden costs, and compliant with GDPR regulations.
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Laravel News·2y
Moonshine is an Open-source Admin Panel for Laravel
Moonshine is an open-source admin panel for Laravel that offers rapid development, authorization, and CRUD functionality. It uses familiar tools like Blade, Livewire, and Alpine to make development more productive.
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Jack Herrington·2y
Payload: The Complete Backend for NextJS
Build a movie voting application using Payload 3.0, an open-source backend framework that pairs seamlessly with NextJS. The app includes a detailed admin panel without writing code, supports Postgres and MongoDB, and showcases easy deployment. The tutorial covers creating collections, setting up a database, configuring environment variables, building the front-end with Tailwind CSS, adding server actions, and deploying via Vercel.
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Community Picks·2y
Winter CMS
Winter CMS is a free, open-source content management system built on the Laravel PHP framework, known for its simplicity, performance, and user-friendly design. It enables rapid development of feature-rich websites and applications, suitable for all project sizes. Winter CMS offers full source code access, a powerful plugin and theme architecture, and a marketplace for extended functionality. It's relied upon by developers and agencies globally for its stability, security, and ease of use.
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Netguru·1y
Headless E-Commerce: Explaining the Biggest Trend in E-Commerce
Headless e-commerce separates the frontend presentation from backend operations, offering increased flexibility and customization for online stores. This architecture uses APIs for streamlined communication, enabling real-time data updates and a consistent user experience across multiple platforms. It benefits brands looking to innovate with tailored customer journeys, omnichannel support, and scalable systems. While headless e-commerce provides significant advantages, it requires more development expertise, higher costs, and ongoing maintenance.
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NextJS·1y
Why I Created My Own CMS with Next.js as a Software Developer
Building a custom CMS with Next.js offers tailored solutions for managing core models like Post, Category, Newsletter, and Comment, along with implementing robust authentication. Off-the-shelf CMS platforms like WordPress or Strapi can be either too restrictive or overly complex for specific needs, leading to the creation of a more effective custom solution.
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tailwindcss·2y
Radiant: A beautiful new marketing site template
Radiant is a new SaaS marketing site template available within Tailwind UI. Built with Next.js, Framer Motion, and Tailwind CSS, it emphasizes tasteful animations and ease of customization. It features a blog powered by Sanity, a headless CMS, making content management accessible for non-developers. Interactive elements like logo clusters and keyboard shortcuts have been designed with reusable APIs to fit various product needs.
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Community Picks·2y
fastschema/fastschema: A Go web framework and Headless CMS
FastSchema is a Go web framework and headless CMS designed to simplify building and managing dynamic web applications. It automates database generation and provides CRUD APIs, features a built-in admin control panel, supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite, and includes role-based access control. It also supports real-time updates, a plugin system, OpenAPI documentation, and more. FastSchema can be set up quickly using Docker, and it is currently in beta with opportunities for community contributions.
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Community Picks·2y
Next.JS CMS - Top choices in 2024
A post discussing the benefits of integrating a headless CMS with Next.js for improved performance, SEO, scalability, flexibility, security, and streamlined workflows. It provides a list of top Next.js CMS choices in 2024, along with their features and pricing details.
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Community Picks·2y
Twill — An open source CMS toolkit for Laravel
Twill is an open-source CMS toolkit for Laravel that offers a seamless experience for publishers, designers, and developers. It provides intuitive and powerful publishing tools, design controls, and developer-friendly configurations. Twill can streamline digital workflows, making it easier to manage digital content and launch products efficiently. It is designed to save time and involve entire teams in content management.
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Community Picks·2y
Open-Source Content Management System
Decap CMS is an open-source content management system that can be used with any static site generator. It provides the speed, security, and scalability of a static site while still offering a convenient editing interface for content. Users can install Decap by adding files to their site and configure everything in a YAML file. The CMS includes features such as rich-text editing, real-time preview, and drag-and-drop media uploads. It also offers professional services and custom feature development.
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Tighten·2y
Getting Started with Twill, an Open Source Laravel-Based CMS
Companies like OpenAI, The New York Times, Pentagram, and the Art Institute of Chicago use Twill, an open-source CMS built on Laravel, to manage their online content. Twill is known for its flexibility and user-friendliness, featuring a drag-and-drop block editor that requires no technical skills to create custom layouts. Developers can easily extend Twill's functionality to meet specific project needs. Twill supports multiple languages and is organized around easily manageable modules. Key functionalities include media management, block editing, and custom module creation. The post guides users through the installation process, module creation, and basic site building with Twill.
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Hacker News·2y
Discover Open Source Alternatives to Popular Software – OpenAlternative
Discover open-source alternatives to popular software across various categories such as analytics, CMS, API development, and more.
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DEV·2y
Build a blog from scratch using Strapi and Sveltekit
Learn how to create a blog website using Strapi as a CMS and Sveltekit as the frontend framework. This tutorial covers setup and installation of the project.
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VirtusLab·2y
7 trending frontend technologies for 2024 -
Learn about the upcoming trends in frontend technologies for 2024, including micro frontends, Next.js, headless CMS, the 'Signals Approach' in Angular, AI-driven design, serverless computing, and styling in React. Stay ahead in the ever-evolving world of frontend development!
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Product Hunt·2y
Kalmia - Simple, fast, FOSS documentation CMS
Kalmia is a simple and fast open-source documentation CMS. It was featured in the developer tools category on September 6th, 2024. Kalmia is currently unrated and this marks its first launch.
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Hacker News·2y
WordPress Alternatives
Looking for alternatives to WordPress? This post highlights a variety of CMS options that can be downloaded and installed on a server, eliminating the need for API and git-based CMSs. Recommended alternatives include Ghost, Magic Pages, Kirby, Indiekit, Craft CMS, ClassicPress, and Statamic, with notes on their benefits and drawbacks. Additionally, there is an honorable mention of Anchor, a now-defunct PHP-based CMS.
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Community Picks·2y
Is PHP Worth Learning in 2024?
PHP remains relevant in the tech community, offering career opportunities, simplicity, a strong community, continuous evolution, and high ROI for developers. It is a reliable and powerful solution for building versatile, secure, and scalable web applications.
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