# Gophenberg

Plugin-first CMS with a Go backend, a React admin built on the Gutenberg block editor and optional Astro themes, backed by PostgreSQL.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://docs.gophenberg.org
- repository: https://github.com/gopherium/gophenberg
- docs: https://docs.gophenberg.org
- discord: https://discord.com/invite/gopherium

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Manuel 'SirLouen' Camargo
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2026
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: cms
- hosting: binary
- language: go
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: postgres
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: yes, admin interface languages

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: server
- installMethod: docker compose

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0, GPL-2.0-or-later (WordPress packages bundled in built frontend artifacts)

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-15

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 573
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 13
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://docs.gophenberg.org/ (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/gopherium/gophenberg (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://docs.gophenberg.org/self-hosting/install/ (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gopherium/gophenberg/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/gopherium/gophenberg (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://docs.gophenberg.org/start/what-is-gophenberg/ (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://docs.gophenberg.org/start/what-is-gophenberg/ (read 2026-10-23)
- databases: https://docs.gophenberg.org/self-hosting/install/ (read 2026-10-23)
- adminUi: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gopherium/gophenberg/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- i18n: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gopherium/gophenberg/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- renderingModes: https://docs.gophenberg.org/start/what-is-gophenberg/ (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://docs.gophenberg.org/self-hosting/install/ (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://docs.gophenberg.org/self-hosting/install/ (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/gopherium/gophenberg (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://docs.gophenberg.org/legal/licensing/ (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gopherium/gophenberg/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/gopherium/gophenberg/releases/tag/v0.19.0 (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/gopherium/gophenberg/releases/tag/v0.19.0 (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/gopherium/gophenberg/releases/tag/v0.1.0 (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/gopherium/gophenberg (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/gopherium/gophenberg/contributors (read 2026-10-23)

## Notes

Gophenberg is a content management system that runs as one Go binary beside a PostgreSQL database. Posts are written in the Gutenberg block editor inside a React admin at `/admin`, and the binary publishes them on the public site at the root. The published content is also readable through a read-only JSON API at `/api/content/v1`, which needs no authentication.

Themes are optional. A theme is an Astro project that reads that JSON API, and the built-in renderer serves the posts when no theme is active or the theme is down. Plugins are Go packages compiled into the binary, each with its own routes and database tables. A reference plugin serves the posts as an RSS feed.

The [install guide](https://docs.gophenberg.org/self-hosting/install/) runs the binary and PostgreSQL with Docker Compose behind a reverse proxy that holds the HTTPS certificate. The admin login cookie is marked secure, so the site needs HTTPS in front to be used.

## Worth knowing

Gophenberg is below 1.0 according to its own pages. Built frontend artifacts bundle WordPress packages under GPL-2.0-or-later, so a built admin or theme carries those terms while the source stays Apache-2.0.

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