A minimalistic CMS for the modern web.
- Mobile first - Responsive by design
- Modern technologies - Progressive web app, web push, automatic HTTPS, ...
- Small size for emerging markets - Webpage size is ~250kb
- Optimized for privacy - No user data is stored unless opted in
Live Demo: https://patrick-sachs.dev/
Wiki/Guide: https://github.com/PatrickSachs/helios/wiki
Helios is a CMS("Content Management System") optimized for small to medium websites which just need "to get the job done".
This is done by only including the features that are actually required, all while utilizing the latest technologies available.
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- Helios was developed with a mobile first approach. (Responsive, Add to home screen, push notifications, ...)
- Helios is lightweight - Low resource usage on the server, fast load speeds for your visitors due to Server Side Rendering & Compression.
- Helios is MIT licensed - You can do WHATEVER you want with it.
- Helios is secure, traffic is served over HTTPS only(Free SSL certificate included).
- Helios allows you to create users with different permissions. Some people write blog posts, while others fill static pages with content.
If you're just looking to use Helios and do not intend to join in and help develop Helios(which would be awesome, Helios is open source!), you can stop reading here.
- Warning - Server side code(
/src/server) does not support hot reloading, you need to restart the dev server if you change any code within! - Package Manager - NPM. I know, Yarn & Co are faster and so and and so forth, but I'd rather not add another tool to the ecosystem.
- Code Editor - Visual Studio Code - It just works™️
- Database - MongoDB. It's a great database.
- Code Style - ES6 with JSX. Server side is CommonJS, client side is ES modules.
$ npm install
$ npm run dev
$ npm install
$ npm run build
$ npm run start
Take a look at the Wiki for a more detailed explanation and a walk through of all steps required.
As always contributions are more than welcome!
Feel free to skim through the codebase and tackle some TODOs, take a look at the issues page or just randomly shoot PRs at me.