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24 alternatives to CMS on Sails.js, like Wordpress but JavaScript

CMS written with sails.js -- primarily used for my personal site - hayksaakian/cms-on-sails

CMS on Sails is a content management system built with Sails.js, a JavaScript framework. It functions similarly to WordPress but uses JavaScript as its foundation. The system was created for managing personal website… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. CMS on Sails.js, like Wordpress but JavaScript launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Build professional dynamic websites without any code

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    The web framework of your dreams. Nodejs web framework.

    2016 · sailsjs.com · its alternatives →

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    CMS as a service for your self-hosted website.

    2019 · bearcms.com · its alternatives →

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    GraphCMS▲264

    The GraphQL CMS

    2017 · hygraph.com · its alternatives →

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    The best CMS is the one you already use

    2024 · webstudio.is · its alternatives →

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    GraphCMS▲310

    The original GraphQL CMS, evolved.

    2020 · hygraph.com · its alternatives →

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    Original GraphQL CMS, reimagined ✨

    2018 · hygraph.com · its alternatives →

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    Wisp CMS▲410

    Delightful way to create + manage blogs on existing websites

    2024 · wisp.blog · its alternatives →

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    Chart.js▲263

    Simple, clean & engaging charts for designers and developers

    2014 · chartjs.org · its alternatives →

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    In a nutshell: 1. You log in with your GitHub account. 2. You select the GitHub repo where your site/app is at (whether it's Next.js, 11ty, Hugo, Nuxt... as long as you're using flat files for content). 3. You add a single config file to your repo to define the content types and other settings (e.g. media folder). 4. Congrats: you now have a user friendly CMS to manage content + media BUT all changes are still tracked like regular commits (under your account) on GitHub. I started using Jekyll around 2009 and over the course of the past 10+ years, I've helped build major sites and tiny…

    2024 · pagescms.org · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN, I'd like to share a fun project I've been working on: mizu.js. It's a js library that add functional attributes support into your html, designed to be a simple and flexible alternative to fully-fledged web frameworks (such as Vue, React, and Angular), while offering more capabilities than other lightweight options (like Alpine.js and htmx). As it's written using modern ES features and due to its isomorphic nature, it can be run in both browsers and runtimes (Node, Deno, Bun) without any changes. This makes it ideal for client-side and server-side rendering, as well as static site…

    2024 · mizu.sh · its alternatives →

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    Dorik CMS▲242

    Simple and flexible white-label website building platform

    2022 · dorik.com · its alternatives →

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    Grid.js is a lightweight JavaScript table plugin that works on all web browsers and devices. Grid.js is open-source and it helps you create advanced tables in seconds!

    2020 · gridjs.io · its alternatives →

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    A full-featured CMS for Hugo

    2023 · cms.usecue.com · its alternatives →

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    Scrivito▲107

    A user friendly, serverless JavaScript SaaS CMS

    2018 · scrivito.com · its alternatives →

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    A modern content management system on top of Swift & Vapor.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    The No-hassle CMS for static sites generators

    2024 · pagescms.org · its alternatives →

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    I built µJS because I wanted AJAX navigation without the verbosity of HTMX or the overhead of Turbo. It intercepts links and form submissions, fetches pages via AJAX, and swaps fragments of the DOM. Single tag, one call to `mu.init()`. No build step, no dependencies. Key features: patch mode (update multiple fragments in one request), SSE support, DOM morphing via idiomorph, View Transitions, prefetch on hover, polling, and full HTTP verb support on any element. At ~5KB gzipped, it's smaller than HTMX (16KB) and Turbo (25KB), and works with any backend: PHP, Python, Go, Ruby, whatever.…

    Mar 2026 · mujs.org · its alternatives →

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    *API v2 JavaScript client for Cosmic. See important message in README - cosmicjs/cosmicjs-node

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    VS code tooling for Sails(Nodejs framework)

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Sail▲11

    Free CLI tool to deploy WordPress apps to DigitalOcean

    2021 · sailed.io · its alternatives →

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    Simple Content Platform to manage any structured content

    2014 · getcockpit.com · its alternatives →

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