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ekrist1/vulsecms

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★ 0TypeScriptAudience · developerComplexity · 3/5LicenseSetup · moderate

TLDR

A TypeScript-first headless CMS split into upgradeable packages, serving content over an HTTP API to any frontend like Astro or Next.js.

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    What it does
      Headless content management
      Serves content via HTTP API
      Vue admin interface
    Tech stack
      TypeScript
      Vite
      libsql
      Vue 3
    Use cases
      Power a decoupled website
      Manage content separately from design
      Scaffold new CMS projects
    Audience
      Developers
      Contributors

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Manage website content separately from the frontend, using any framework like Astro or Next.js to display it.

USE CASE 2

Scaffold a new project with create-vulse and keep it upgradeable as the CMS packages evolve.

USE CASE 3

Build custom content workflows using the auth, image, and event bus extension points.

What is it built with?

TypeScriptVitelibsqlVue 3h3

How does it compare?

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Requires pnpm and a separate frontend project since this CMS has no built-in public site.

Use freely for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

In plain English

Vulse is a content management system, or CMS, meaning software for storing and organizing website content like pages, articles, and images, without dictating how that content is displayed. It is called headless because it deliberately does not include a public-facing website itself. Instead, it exposes the content through a web API, a structured way for other programs to request data, so a separate frontend built with a tool like Astro, Next.js, or SvelteKit can pull that content and display it however the site's designer wants. The project is built with TypeScript, a version of JavaScript that catches certain mistakes before code even runs, and is organized as a collection of smaller, separately published packages rather than one single program. There is a package for talking to the database, one for handling logins and user permissions, one that ties everything together into a running server, one for handling and resizing images, and a Vue-based admin interface for managing content through a browser. A separate command line tool lets a new user quickly set up their own project using these packages. This particular README is aimed at people who want to help build or maintain Vulse itself, not at people who simply want to use it to build a website, those users are pointed toward separate documentation instead. A central idea repeated throughout is keeping a clean boundary between the reusable engine code, which regular updates can safely change, and the parts of a user's own project that they should be free to customize without those updates breaking anything. The project uses a formal process for tracking changes and releases, following standard version numbering rules where small updates are safe bug fixes, medium updates add new features without breaking existing setups, and only major version jumps are allowed to include breaking changes, each documented with clear upgrade instructions. Vulse is open source and released under the MIT license, and being pre-1.0 software, it is still expected to change as it matures.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Explain how Vulse's headless CMS architecture separates content management from the public-facing frontend.
Prompt 2
Help me scaffold a new Vulse project using the create-vulse command line tool.
Prompt 3
Walk me through which @vulse package I'd extend to add a custom authentication flow.
Prompt 4
Show me how Vulse's changeset-based release workflow handles versioning across its packages.

Frequently asked questions

What is vulsecms?

A TypeScript-first headless CMS split into upgradeable packages, serving content over an HTTP API to any frontend like Astro or Next.js.

What language is vulsecms written in?

Mainly TypeScript. The stack also includes TypeScript, Vite, libsql.

What license does vulsecms use?

Use freely for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

How hard is vulsecms to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is vulsecms for?

Mainly developer.

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