# Storytime

Rails engine that adds a content management system and blogging to a Rails app, with the dashboard mounted inside the host app.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/storytime/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-26
Listed since: 2026-10-26

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/CultivateLabs/storytime
- docs: https://github.com/CultivateLabs/storytime/wiki

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: CultivateLabs Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2014
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: cms
- hosting: ruby
- language: ruby
- runtime: ruby
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: rails

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: Gemfile entry, then rails generate storytime:install

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-07-01

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 744
- 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://api.github.com/repos/CultivateLabs/storytime (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://github.com/CultivateLabs/storytime/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainer: https://github.com/CultivateLabs/storytime/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainer: https://github.com/CultivateLabs/storytime/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- category: https://github.com/CultivateLabs/storytime/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- basedOn: https://github.com/CultivateLabs/storytime/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- language: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/storytime.json (read 2026-10-26)
- runtime: https://github.com/CultivateLabs/storytime/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://github.com/CultivateLabs/storytime/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- runsAs: https://github.com/CultivateLabs/storytime/wiki/Setup (read 2026-10-26)
- adminUi: https://github.com/CultivateLabs/storytime/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- contentStore: https://github.com/CultivateLabs/storytime/wiki/Setup (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://github.com/CultivateLabs/storytime/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/storytime.json (read 2026-10-26)
- templating: https://github.com/CultivateLabs/storytime/wiki/Using-Custom-Post-Types (read 2026-10-26)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/CultivateLabs/storytime/releases (read 2026-10-26)
- latestReleaseDate: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/storytime.json (read 2026-10-26)
- firstRelease: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/versions/storytime.json (read 2026-10-26)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/CultivateLabs/storytime (read 2026-10-26)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/CultivateLabs/storytime/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-26)

## Notes

Storytime is a Rails engine that adds a content management system and blogging to a Rails application. Its dashboard manages content and other Rails models, and one deploy can serve several sites.

Installation adds a gem to the Gemfile and runs an install generator or a command-line setup; the manual route assumes the host has an authentication system, such as Devise. The [setup guide](https://github.com/CultivateLabs/storytime/wiki/Setup) describes the steps.

## Worth knowing

The README divides the work between the CMS and the host: Storytime edits content, copy and basic formatting, while the host app provides the page structure, styling and interactions. A site that needs a custom layout is therefore built in the host app, not in the dashboard.

Image uploads need ImageMagick installed. The engine runs inside a Rails server that stays running.

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