ApostropheCMS

ApostropheCMS is a full-featured, open-source CMS built with Node.js that seeks to empower organizations by combining in-context editing and headless architecture in a full-stack JS environment.

Description

Please see the ApostropheCMS documentation for complete information about building sites with ApostropheCMS.

Code Quality Rank: L5

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Programming language: JavaScript

License: GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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Latest version: v2.118.0

README

ApostropheCMS

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Table of Contents

1. About ApostropheCMS
2. Getting Started
3. Extensions and Integrations
4. Community
5. Contributing
6. License

About ApostropheCMS

ApostropheCMS is content software for everyone in an organization. It helps teams of all sizes create dynamic digital experiences with elegance and efficiency by blending powerful features, developer happiness, and a low learning curve for content creators. Apostrophe has powered websites and web apps for organizations large and small for over a decade.

Built With

• Node
• MongoDB
• Nunjucks

Getting Started

To get started with ApostropheCMS, follow these steps to set up a local development environment. For more detail, refer to the Getting Started tutorial in the documentation.

Prerequisites

We recommend installing the following with Homebrew on macOS. If you're on Linux, you should use your package manager (apt or yum). If you're on Windows, we recommend the Windows Subsystem for Linux.

Software	Minimum Version	Notes
Node.js	8.x	Or better
npm	6.x	Or better
MongoDB	3.6	Or better
Imagemagick	Any	Faster image uploads, GIF support (optional)

Installation

Our recomended way to start a new project with ApostropheCMS is to use the Apostrophe CLI.

Install the Apostrophe CLI

  npm install -g apostrophe-cli

Create a project

apos create-project wonderful-project --setup

You'll be prompted to create a password for the admin user.

Run

cd wonderful-project && node app.js

Navigate to localhost:3000/login to login with the admin credentials you created.

Next Steps

Check out our Getting Started tutorial in the documentation to start adding content. Be sure to reference our glossary of terms to get acquainted with the reference materials.

Extensions and Integrations

You can find a list of ApostropheCMS extensions on our website, but here are a few highlights:

Extend ApostropheCMS

• apostrophe-headless - Add REST APIs and power your React / Vue Native / etc. apps with a headless CMS.
• apostrophe-blog - Everything you need to put a blog on your site.
• apostrophe-events - Manage one-time and recurring events.
• apostrophe-workflow - Add powerful localization capabilities to your project.
• apostrophe-passport - Authenticate via Twitter, Facebook, Github and more.
• apostrophe-saml - Authenticate via Shibboleth, as well as corporate SAML environments like Salesforce.
• apostrophe-redirects - An easy redirects module.

Editor Extensions

• Atom Snippets
• VS Snippets

Community

Discord - Twitter - Discussions

Contributing

We eagerly welcome open source contributions. Before submitting a PR, please read through our Contribution Guide

License

ApostropheCMS is released under the MIT License.