Emdash Cms

EmDash is a TypeScript CMS built on Astro and Cloudflare that stores content as structured Portable Text instead of HTML. It runs plugins in sandboxed Worker isolates rather than giving them full filesystem access, which is a smarter security model than WordPress ever had. You can deploy to Cloudflare's edge (D1, R2, Workers) or run it locally with SQLite and Node.js. The content API is clean, the CLI generates types from your schema, and passkey-first auth is built in. If you're tired of WordPress but need something extensible that doesn't feel like a static site generator with training wheels, this is worth trying.

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$ npx -y skills add aradotso/trending-skills --skill emdash-cms --agent claude-code

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EmDash CMS

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EmDash is a full-stack TypeScript CMS built on Astro and Cloudflare. It is the spiritual successor to WordPress: extensible, developer-friendly, and powered by a plugin system that runs plugins in sandboxed Worker isolates rather than with full filesystem/database access. EmDash stores rich text as Portable Text (structured JSON) rather than HTML, supports passkey-first auth, and runs on Cloudflare (D1 + R2 + Workers) or any Node.js server with SQLite.

Installation

Scaffold a new project

npm create emdash@latest

Follow the prompts to choose a template (blog, marketing, portfolio, starter, blank) and a platform (Cloudflare or Node.js/SQLite).

Deploy to Cloudflare directly

Use the one-click deploy button from the README, or:

npm create emdash@latest -- --template blog-cloudflare
cd my-site
npm run deploy

Add EmDash to an existing Astro project

npm install emdash

// astro.config.mjs
import { defineConfig } from "astro/config";
import emdash from "emdash/astro";
import { d1 } from "emdash/db";

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