Dev tools · September 19, 2023
I made a CMS for Astro content collections
I like writing content in Markdown and I enjoy Astro very much. When I tried out Astro's content collections feature, I couldn't stop wondering how would a nice packaging look for it, which would smooth out the rough edges around Markdown in static websites. So I made the app that I can enjoy when writing posts on my Astro-powered blog. It's been saving me a ton of time already. I don't need to: 1. Edit in iA writer then paste into VS Code. 2. Google YAML date format. 3. Generate Unix timestamps to prefix new files with. 4. Copy paste images and write down their URLs manually. 5. Peek at…
I made a CMS for Astro content collections launched on September 19, 2023 with 6 votes, #1,645 of 4,228 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.
What it does
Darkmatter scans your Astro content collections and generates an interface for managing their content.
Darkmatter converts Astro 's collections config into a UI anyone can use to manage your website content. Darkmatter is a CMS-like interface for [ Astro ]( https://astro.build ) content collections. Darkmatter scans Zod collection schemas and generates a form interface. Fill out the frontmatter without peeking at the config or googling the YAML date format ever again. Adding an image is only one drag & drop away. Darkmatter copies it into your project, puts it in the right folder and inserts image's URL. Images are rendered inside the editor, so you don't have to guess what image is that by looking at the URL. When editing MDX files, images are inserted as <Image> components. Drag & drop is…from getdarkmatter.dev
In the maker’s words, at launch
I like writing content in Markdown and I enjoy Astro very much. When I tried out Astro's content collections feature, I couldn't stop wondering how would a nice packaging look for it, which would smooth out the rough edges around Markdown in static websites. So I made the app that I can enjoy when writing posts on my…
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