Looking for CMS advice
Hey Web devs!
Do you have any suggestions, tips, opinions, dos, don’ts about headless CMSes?
I have a growing list of small/mid non-profits and collectives asking for my help to (re)make their website. I totally want to help, but I don’t have much time, especially considering that they generally have little or no funding—I would most definitely point them to @VillageOneCoop, otherwise.
Therefore, I want a super simple and replicable solution where I can copy-paste most of the code, while providing them with a stable, fast, and modern solution. I had a look at the Headless CMS section in the Jamstack website, but I need opinions from people who actually used some of that software already.
Needs
- I want to code and configure everything using @eleventy
- Admin interface (#WebApp) for the client to add pages and write posts
- Static website in the front-end
- Simple and reliable CI/CD
- No/minimal maintenance after the first setup
- Self-hostable (I was taking this for granted so much that I forgot to write it)
- If it requires forge integration, it should support #ForgeJo
- #OpenSource
Nice to have
- Possibly using #Deno, not #NodeJS
- Allowing the client to customize a bit their website through the admin interface, with a GUI
- CMS app packaged on @yunohost
- No CMS vendor lock-in
- I’d love to write as little JavaScript as possible
- #FreeSoftware
Absolutely not
- Front-end #JavaScript frameworks
Please, boost this and ask around! Links to videos, tutorials, and resources are welcome.
People whose perspective I would really value: @zachleat @harryfk @deno_land @jaredwhite @vanillaweb @stefan @mxbck @WeirdWriter @deadsuperhero (Sorry if I am spamming you!)
