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Re: Show HN: Self-hosted CMS on serverless Cloudflare

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Post by stefanvdw1 »

spaniard89277 wrote: post #2

I just use PicoCMS and upload my markdown files through FTP. I don't think there's anything out there that can compete with the simplicity of this solution, not even static site generators. It uses templates with Twig, and it's very simple PHP so you can host it anywhere. I once hit the frontpage of a big aggregator from my country and it handled like it was nothing from a very cheap shared hosting. From my Linux Min…

I would argue that using something like Nuxt/Content[0]is even simpler. I create a new markdown file in my website’s local repo, write the content and commit if it’s ready for publishing. No need for the FTP step and version control is build in.

This setup is also completely free since the content lives on GitHub and my static site on render.com (but any static site hosting will work).

And since it’s Nuxt based, it automatically also supports more advanced features such as tagging, advanced queries and filtering.

Can only recommend it!

0. https://content.nuxtjs.org

Re: Show HN: Self-hosted CMS on serverless Cloudflare

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Post by revskill »

spaniard89277 wrote: post #2

I just use PicoCMS and upload my markdown files through FTP. I don't think there's anything out there that can compete with the simplicity of this solution, not even static site generators. It uses templates with Twig, and it's very simple PHP so you can host it anywhere. I once hit the frontpage of a big aggregator from my country and it handled like it was nothing from a very cheap shared hosting. From my Linux Min…

The hardest part to me, is install PHP.

Re: Show HN: Self-hosted CMS on serverless Cloudflare

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Post by moooo99 »

lopkeny12ko wrote: post #25
moooo99 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most people consider self-hosting as "running service x yourself", which I think i fair considering most people treat self-hosting as an alternative to SaaS offers

Cloudflare is a SaaS.

No, Cloudflare is a company that offers many products. And the services utilized by the project (Pages, D1, R2) would most likely be classified as PaaS by most.

Re: Show HN: Self-hosted CMS on serverless Cloudflare

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Post by addandsubtract »

colesantiago wrote: post #4

It seems there is a growing movement of headless CMSs, but I am afraid of vendor lock-in with Cloudflare and the like. Are there any other CMS's that people are using these days? Perhaps looking forward to be using in 2023?

Strapi[0] is great and Payload[1] also looks promising.

[0] https://strapi.io/

[1] https://payloadcms.com/

Re: Show HN: Self-hosted CMS on serverless Cloudflare

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Post by prox »

voytec wrote: post #29
prox wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is good solution for hosting a domain anonymously? I want to start blogging but don’t want to do a personal one just yet. I mean anonymous in lightweight general sense, not political activist super security.

WHOIS[1] masking hides your information from the world. It's a service provided by some domain sellers who, obviously, will know those details (given them by you), as well as your financial information as you can't usually lease domains using untraceable transactions. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHOIS

Thank you going to look into that!

Re: Show HN: Self-hosted CMS on serverless Cloudflare

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Post by dangoor »

Given that this uses multiple Cloudflare services, is anyone very familiar with their pricing? The readme lists a "generous free tier", but I always have to wonder what happens once you fall outside of that tier. I remember that R2 is cheap (one of its distinguishing features), but wonder if any of the other services suddenly become $50 a month or something.

Re: Show HN: Self-hosted CMS on serverless Cloudflare

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Post by mynameisvlad »

jobsdone wrote: post #21
chedabob wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Forestry has been on my radar for a long time but never had a need to use it https://forestry.io/ The big draw for me is it's just Hugo/Gatsby/Jekyll underneath, and the output files can be delivered anywhere that will host static files (CloudFlare pages does this really well, as does Netlify).

Forestry is shutting down and pushing people to Tina instead. I guess it is the same company? I don't really know.

Considering the infobox on the Forestry site directs users to Tina with:

> Our team is working on a V2 product. See it at Tina.io (in beta).

I'm going to go ahead and say it's the same people.

Re: Show HN: Self-hosted CMS on serverless Cloudflare

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Post by manigandham »

jacooper wrote: post #14
manigandham wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You host it on your own Cloudflare account.

Thats not self hosting, is it?

It's a hosting service where you host your own copy of the code. It's no different than getting a VPS and doing the same thing.

If you have no access to the code then it would qualify as being hosted for you.

Re: Show HN: Self-hosted CMS on serverless Cloudflare

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Post by manigandham »

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #13
manigandham wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You host it on your own Cloudflare account.

Are you self-hosting your pictures when you upload photos to your Google Photos account?

No. Self-hosting refers to running a service where you completely own the source code. You can run this on a computer in your room, or a rented VPS, or a serverless hosting option like Cloudflare Pages.

For example, if you run a Nextcloud instance and upload pictures there, then you are self-hosting your photos.

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