# Beacon CMS

Content management system built with Phoenix LiveView.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/beacon-cms/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-24
Listed since: 2026-10-24

## Record

### Links

- home: https://beaconcms.org
- repository: https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon
- docs: https://hexdocs.pm/beacon/installation.html

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: DockYard, Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2024
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: cms
- hosting: elixir
- language: elixir
- runtime: beam
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: database
- databases: postgres
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: mix igniter.install beacon,beacon_live_admin

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2025-04-01

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 1262
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 42
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://beaconcms.org (read 2026-10-24)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/BeaconCMS/beacon (read 2026-10-24)
- urls: https://hexdocs.pm/beacon/installation.html (read 2026-10-24)
- maintainer: https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon/blob/main/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-24)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/BeaconCMS/beacon (read 2026-10-24)
- category: https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- runtime: https://hexdocs.pm/beacon/installation.html (read 2026-10-24)
- installMethod: https://hexdocs.pm/beacon/installation.html (read 2026-10-24)
- databases: https://hexdocs.pm/beacon/installation.html (read 2026-10-24)
- adminUi: https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- runsAs: https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- license: https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon/blob/main/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-24)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon/blob/main/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-24)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/BeaconCMS/beacon/releases (read 2026-10-24)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/BeaconCMS/beacon/releases (read 2026-10-24)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/BeaconCMS/beacon/releases (read 2026-10-24)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/BeaconCMS/beacon (read 2026-10-24)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/BeaconCMS/beacon/contributors (read 2026-10-24)
- contentStore: https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-24)

## Notes

Beacon CMS is a content management system built with Phoenix LiveView, maintained by DockYard, Inc. It is installed into a Phoenix LiveView application with the mix igniter.install command, and the [installation guide](https://hexdocs.pm/beacon/installation.html) asks for a PostgreSQL database server. The admin interface, a LiveView UI for layouts, pages and other resources, comes from the beacon_live_admin package that the install command adds. The README describes a site as components stored in the database and served by a running server, and a [guide on multiple domains](https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon/blob/main/guides/recipes/multiple-domains-hosting.md) covers hosting several sites in one application.

## Worth knowing

The README says to expect incomplete features and breaking changes before a stable v1.0 is released, and it describes the page builder as being in its initial stages.

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