# Buckets

Open-source content management system built on Node.js and MongoDB, with routes and Handlebars templates.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/buckets/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-23
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-23

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/bucketsio/buckets
- docs: https://github.com/bucketsio/buckets/blob/master/README.md
- x: https://twitter.com/bucketsio

### Identity

- status: discontinued
- maintainer: David Kaneda
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2013
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: cms
- hosting: node
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: node 0.10
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: database
- databases: mongodb
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: rest
- templating: handlebars
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: npm install buckets

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: AGPL-3.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2014-11-02

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 1048
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 50
- contributors: 13
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 5
- dependentPackages: 1

### Sources

- status: https://github.com/bucketsio/buckets (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/bucketsio/buckets (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://github.com/bucketsio/buckets/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bucketsio/buckets/master/package.json (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/bucketsio/buckets (read 2026-10-23)
- runtimeMin: https://registry.npmjs.org/buckets (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://github.com/bucketsio/buckets/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://github.com/bucketsio/buckets/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- databases: https://github.com/bucketsio/buckets/blob/master/docs/database.md (read 2026-10-23)
- contentStore: https://github.com/bucketsio/buckets/blob/master/docs/database.md (read 2026-10-23)
- adminUi: https://github.com/bucketsio/buckets/blob/master/docs/config.md (read 2026-10-23)
- headlessApi: https://github.com/bucketsio/buckets/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- templating: https://github.com/bucketsio/buckets/blob/master/docs/user-docs/templates.md (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/bucketsio/buckets (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/asm-products/buckets/master/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://registry.npmjs.org/buckets (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/bucketsio/buckets/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/bucketsio/buckets/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/bucketsio/buckets (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/bucketsio/buckets/contributors (read 2026-10-23)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/buckets (read 2026-10-23)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/buckets (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/buckets (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Buckets is an open-source content management system that stores its content in MongoDB and publishes it through routes. Each route maps an Express-style URL pattern to a Handlebars template, and the template pulls entries from the database with an entries helper. The package is installed from npm into a Node.js application, and the running server serves the site together with an admin interface at a configurable URL segment. The README also lists REST API documentation for the project.

## Worth knowing

The GitHub repository is archived, and the project's own site says development is on hold.

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