nodecms.guide

nodecms.guide, a leaderboard of Node.js content management systems.

Contributing

Missing a Node.js CMS here? Just fork the repo and add yours as a <name>.md in the src/content/projects folder.

Make sure to follow the following rules:

• Node.js application: Built on top of Node.js in some shape or form
• Stick to the format: Fill out all the same fields as the other CMS's in the projects folder.
• Short description: Keep all the details for the body text, keep the description for the overview page short and sweet.

Usage

Requires Node.js 22 or higher. Clone this repository and run:

yarn install
yarn dev

In order to successfully retrieve GitHub stars, you will need authentication keys for the service.

You'll need a personal access token with permission to create Gists. This can be generated at https://github.com/settings/tokens. When deploying, you must set the environment variables per the example below. If you are developing locally, you can set these in a .env file at the root of the repo.

NODE_CMS_GITHUB_TOKEN=examplekey123abc

GitHub data is cached in the tmp directory, and online in a Gist. If the data is more than 24 hours old, fresh data is fetched from GitHub. Fetching and caching occur automatically during the build.

Then visit http://localhost:4321/ - Astro will automatically reload when changes occur.

To preview a production build locally:

yarn build
yarn preview

Tech Stack

• Framework: Astro (Static Site Generator)
• Interactive Components: React 19
• Styling: Plain CSS
• Data: Markdown files with YAML frontmatter
• APIs: GitHub (@octokit/rest)
• Hosting: Netlify

Ghost

nodecms.guide is built and maintained by Ghost, an open source publishing platform built on Node.js.

Copyright & License

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