# Ponzu

Go HTTP server framework and CMS with a generated admin dashboard and a JSON API.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://docs.ponzu-cms.org
- repository: https://github.com/ponzu-cms/ponzu
- docs: https://docs.ponzu-cms.org
- x: https://twitter.com/ponzu_cms

### Identity

- status: discontinued
- maintainer: Boss Sauce Creative, LLC
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2017
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: go get

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: BSD-3-Clause

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2019-09-30

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 5760
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 30
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- status: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ponzu-cms/ponzu/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/ponzu-cms/ponzu (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://docs.ponzu-cms.org/ (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ponzu-cms/ponzu/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ponzu-cms/ponzu/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/ponzu-cms/ponzu (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ponzu-cms/ponzu/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ponzu-cms/ponzu/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ponzu-cms/ponzu/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://docs.ponzu-cms.org/System-Deployment/Docker/ (read 2026-10-23)
- adminUi: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ponzu-cms/ponzu/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ponzu-cms/ponzu/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/ponzu-cms/ponzu (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ponzu-cms/ponzu/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/ponzu-cms/ponzu/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/ponzu-cms/ponzu/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/ponzu-cms/ponzu/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/ponzu-cms/ponzu (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/ponzu-cms/ponzu/contributors (read 2026-10-23)

## Notes

Ponzu is an HTTP server framework and CMS written in Go. It has a JSON API and a generated admin dashboard, and its content is kept in an embedded BoltDB database. It is distributed as a single binary plus assets, or as a Docker image.

## Worth knowing

The README states that the project is abandoned and points to Caddy Server for an HTTP server with TLS. It also lists maintainers as wanted.

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