# EmDash

Full-stack TypeScript CMS built on Astro, with an admin panel, a REST API and a plugin system, that runs on Cloudflare or a Node.js server.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://emdashcms.com
- repository: https://github.com/emdash-cms/emdash
- docs: https://docs.emdashcms.com/
- x: https://x.com/EmDashCMS
- discord: https://discord.gg/YY9vBaQRYt

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Cloudflare Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2026
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: cms
- hosting: node
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: node 22
- basedOn: astro

### Content

- contentStore: database
- databases: sqlite, postgres
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: rest
- templating: unknown
- i18n: yes, per-locale entries, slugs and publishing

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on, per-request
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: npm create emdash@latest

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-18

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 13905
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 41787
- contributors: 217
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 1
- dependentPackages: 1

### Sources

- urls: https://emdashcms.com/ (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/emdash-cms/emdash (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://github.com/emdash-cms/emdash/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://github.com/emdash-cms/emdash/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/emdash-cms/emdash/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://github.com/emdash-cms/emdash/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- basedOn: https://github.com/emdash-cms/emdash/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/emdash-cms/emdash (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://docs.emdashcms.com/deployment/nodejs/ (read 2026-10-23)
- runtimeMin: https://docs.emdashcms.com/deployment/nodejs/ (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://github.com/emdash-cms/emdash/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/emdash-cms/emdash/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- contentStore: https://docs.emdashcms.com/deployment/nodejs/ (read 2026-10-23)
- databases: https://github.com/emdash-cms/emdash/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- adminUi: https://github.com/emdash-cms/emdash/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- headlessApi: https://github.com/emdash-cms/emdash/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- i18n: https://docs.emdashcms.com/guides/internationalization/ (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://docs.emdashcms.com/deployment/nodejs/ (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://docs.emdashcms.com/deployment/cloudflare/ (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://github.com/emdash-cms/emdash/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://github.com/emdash-cms/emdash/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://docs.emdashcms.com/deployment/nodejs/ (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/emdash-cms/emdash/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/emdash-cms/emdash/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/emdash-cms/emdash (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/emdash-cms/emdash/contributors (read 2026-10-23)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/emdash (read 2026-10-23)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/emdash (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/emdash (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

EmDash is a full-stack TypeScript CMS built on Astro. It includes an admin panel, a REST API, role-based access control and a WordPress import. The admin signs in with passkeys by default, with GitHub, Google and Microsoft available as login providers.

EmDash runs on Cloudflare with D1, R2 and Workers, or on a Node.js server with SQLite. On a Node.js server the built-in scheduler runs only while the Node.js process is running, according to the deployment guide.

## Worth knowing

The WordPress import covers posts, pages, media and taxonomies from WXR exports.

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