reinchek/dx5

dx5 is a blogging system built in Rust that stores every post and page as plain YAML files instead of using a database. It uses Rocket as its web server and Tera as its templating engine, so pages are rendered from HTML template files that pull content out of those YAML files at request time. Everything about a blog, from its title and language to how many posts show per page, is controlled through a set of TOML configuration files rather than an admin interface. One file defines general blog settings like the title and server port, another defines the different content types a blog can have, such as posts, and a third defines the custom fields those content types can use, each tied to its own template. Translation files let a single blog run in more than one language, with keys that can be organized in groups or written flat. Because content and structure both come through simple files, dx5 can also work in a headless way. Every content type and the home page can be fetched as JSON through a built in API, so the same blog content could power a separate single page app or another external client instead of, or alongside, the rendered HTML pages. Getting started is meant to be quick. The project ships a scaffolding template for the cargo-generate tool that asks a few questions, like blog title, author, and language, and then produces a ready to run project. From there it can be run directly with cargo, or through Docker Compose, including an optional setup with the Caddy web server that handles HTTPS and Let's Encrypt certificates automatically. The project also includes a file watcher for live reloading while editing content, and simple pagination caching to keep repeated page loads fast.