Open Source Self-Hosted CMS

Emdash

Modern publishing, powered by Astro and Cloudflare

CMS headless-cms markdown-cms content-management-system

Astro javascript nodejs typescript

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At a glance

Primary use case: Modern publishing, powered by Astro and Cloudflare
Best for: CMS — CMS, headless-cms
Stack: Astro, javascript, nodejs, typescript
License: MIT
Maintenance: 1 week ago
Access: Open source · Self-hosted

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Website

https://github.com/emdash-cms/emdash

Repository

https://github.com/emdash-cms/emdash

Demo

https://emdashcms.com/playground

Source

https://github.com/emdash-cms/emdash

About this tool

EmDash is a full-stack TypeScript CMS built with Astro and Cloudflare, designed as a modern WordPress alternative. It offers a more secure, serverless architecture with sandboxed plugins, plus starter templates for blog, marketing, and portfolio websites.

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License

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Last Push

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Features

Sandboxed plugin system for better security
Modern TypeScript CMS built with Astro
AI-ready architecture with CLI and MCP support

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