# Beacon

Content management system for Phoenix LiveView applications, with an admin UI package and sites defined in a database.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/beacon/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-23
Listed since: 2026-10-23

## Record

### Links

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

### 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: phoenix

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

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

### 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

- name: https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://beaconcms.org (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://hexdocs.pm/beacon/installation.html (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon/blob/main/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon/releases/tag/v0.1.0 (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon/blob/main/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon/blob/main/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://hexdocs.pm/beacon/installation.html (read 2026-10-23)
- basedOn: https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- contentStore: https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- databases: https://hexdocs.pm/beacon/installation.html (read 2026-10-23)
- adminUi: https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon/releases/tag/v0.5.1 (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon/releases/tag/v0.5.1 (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon/graphs/contributors (read 2026-10-23)

## Notes

Beacon is a content management system built with Phoenix LiveView for Elixir. A site is defined by layouts, pages and other resources stored in a PostgreSQL database, and the Phoenix application runs as a server. The beacon_live_admin package adds a LiveView admin UI, and one application can host several sites or domains.

An Igniter installer adds Beacon to a new or an existing Phoenix project; the [installation guide](https://hexdocs.pm/beacon/installation.html) covers the steps, and the docs include a guide for deploying to Fly.io. DockYard, Inc. maintains it.

## Worth knowing

The README says to expect incomplete features and breaking changes before a stable v1.0 is released. Only PostgreSQL is supported.

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