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What is this?
Gophenberg is a plugin-first CMS with a Go backend exposing a JSON API, a React SPA admin built on the Gutenberg block editor, and optional Astro themes for the public site.
Gophenberg is a plugin-first CMS with a Go backend exposing a JSON API, a React SPA admin built on the Gutenberg block editor, and optional Astro themes for the public site.Is this more like WordPress, or a headless content API?It's both: there's a public site at the root, an admin UI under /admin, and a separate read-only content API at /api/content/v1, so it can render pages directly or feed an external frontend.
It's both: there's a public site at the root, an admin UI under /admin, and a separate read-only content API at /api/content/v1, so it can render pages directly or feed an external frontend.How do I get it running locally?Run 'make seed' to start PostgreSQL, apply migrations, and create a dev admin account with demo content, then run the API and the admin in two terminals; the API listens on localhost:8081 and the admin on localhost:5174.
Run 'make seed' to start PostgreSQL, apply migrations, and create a dev admin account with demo content, then run the API and the admin in two terminals; the API listens on localhost:8081 and the admin on localhost:5174.What do I need installed before trying this?You need the Go version pinned in go.mod, Node 26 with pnpm, and Docker to run the PostgreSQL service.
You need the Go version pinned in go.mod, Node 26 with pnpm, and Docker to run the PostgreSQL service.What happens if I don't set up a theme?Themes are optional: Gophenberg's built-in renderer takes over whenever no Astro theme is active or a theme goes down, so the site keeps working without one.
Themes are optional: Gophenberg's built-in renderer takes over whenever no Astro theme is active or a theme goes down, so the site keeps working without one.How do plugins extend Gophenberg?A plugin is a Go package placed under plugins/ with a plugin.json, compiled into the binary via 'make generate'; it can own its own routes, public paths, and schema, as shown by the reference 'feed' plugin that serves posts as RSS.
A plugin is a Go package placed under plugins/ with a plugin.json, compiled into the binary via 'make generate'; it can own its own routes, public paths, and schema, as shown by the reference 'feed' plugin that serves posts as RSS.How do I write a theme?A theme is an Astro project depending on @gophenberg/astro: you write the layouts while the package supplies routing and block rendering, with test/theme as a working example.
A theme is an Astro project depending on @gophenberg/astro: you write the layouts while the package supplies routing and block rendering, with test/theme as a working example.How is the admin UI translated?Translation is handled on POEditor without needing Git, and a weekly job pulls the finished translations back into the repo in a single batch.
Translation is handled on POEditor without needing Git, and a weekly job pulls the finished translations back into the repo in a single batch.What can I already do with the admin out of the box?It supports block authoring in Gutenberg with autosave, revisions, trash/restore, a filterable posts list, custom content types with their own routes, a media library with derived image sizes, and session-based auth with login rate limiting and a users screen.
It supports block authoring in Gutenberg with autosave, revisions, trash/restore, a filterable posts list, custom content types with their own routes, a media library with derived image sizes, and session-based auth with login rate limiting and a users screen.What are similar projects?strapi, emdash, Smartstore, open-saas, payload, directus, illa-builder, grav
strapi, emdash, Smartstore, open-saas, payload, directus, illa-builder, gravWhich topics is it in?content-management, content-management-system, astro, cms, plugin-system, authentication, postgresql, rest-api, backend, database, plugin, web-app
content-management, content-management-system, astro, cms, plugin-system, authentication, postgresql, rest-api, backend, database, plugin, web-app