yunohost

Looking for CMS advice

Hey Web devs!

Do you have any suggestions, tips, opinions, dos, don’ts about headless CMSes?

I have a growing list of small/mid non-profits and collectives asking for my help to (re)make their website. I totally want to help, but I don’t have much time, especially considering that they generally have little or no funding—I would most definitely point them to @VillageOneCoop, otherwise.

Therefore, I want a super simple and replicable solution where I can copy-paste most of the code, while providing them with a stable, fast, and modern solution. I had a look at the Headless CMS section in the Jamstack website, but I need opinions from people who actually used some of that software already.

Needs

I want to code and configure everything using @eleventy
Admin interface (#WebApp) for the client to add pages and write posts
Static website in the front-end
Simple and reliable CI/CD
No/minimal maintenance after the first setup
Self-hostable (I was taking this for granted so much that I forgot to write it)
If it requires forge integration, it should support #ForgeJo
#OpenSource

Nice to have

Possibly using #Deno, not #NodeJS
Allowing the client to customize a bit their website through the admin interface, with a GUI
CMS app packaged on @yunohost
No CMS vendor lock-in
I’d love to write as little JavaScript as possible
#FreeSoftware

Absolutely not

Front-end #JavaScript frameworks

Please, boost this and ask around! Links to videos, tutorials, and resources are welcome.

People whose perspective I would really value: @zachleat @harryfk @deno_land @jaredwhite @vanillaweb @stefan @mxbck @WeirdWriter @deadsuperhero (Sorry if I am spamming you!)

#Eleventy #11ty #CMS #HeadlessCMS #Ghost #DecapCMS #CraftCMS #Strapi #Web #WebDev #WebDesign #StaticGen #StaticWebsite #Website #HTML #CSS #YunoHost #SelfHosting #Wordpress

There's so much that can happen in just two months.

I published this blog post on October 28: https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-fediverse-has-empowered-me-to-take-back-control-from-big-tech-now-i-want-to-help-others-do-the-same/

Back then, I never imagined that by the end of the year I would be running my own self-hosted Fediverse instance.

I'm feeling so much more hopeful and empowered these days and I need to thank YOU, wonderful people of the Fediverse, for encouraging me to take the plunge and try #YunoHost and #GoToSocial. I'll be unveiling my new instance soon. For now, THANK YOU ❤️ ✨

🚀 New on #TheFutureIsFederated 👩‍🚀

"My Year of Fediverse explorations"

https://blog.elenarossini.com/my-year-of-fediverse-explorations/

with shout-outs to @pixelfed @dansup @pfefferle @gotosocial @yunohost @phanpy

#tech #Fediverse #BigTech #socialmedia #FOSS #FLOSS #blog #Friendica #Pixelfed #Lemmy #GoToSocial #YunoHost #Mastodon #ActivityPub #Wordpress

🏕️ my adventures in #selfhosting - day 76 ✨

Monday morning, which means: backing up my #YunoHost setup.

I see that #GoToSocial has an update available but I'm too scared to upgrade it. Having my 4th cup of espresso and working up the courage to do it (I hear it takes a looong time). Hoping I don't break anything 😅​

In other news, I am LOVING my #LinkStack and having a glimpse into the links that are the most popular (LinkStack offers you a ranking in reverse order of the most clicked links when you log into their dashboard). Is anyone interested in me writing about it? For reference, here is what the front end looks like: https://elena.social

Off I go update my #GoToSocial, wish me luck!

#MySoCalledSudoLife #FOSS

Anyone else using #YunoHost having issues with installing Phanpy?
https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/@aj/statuses/01JV9SBH7RQ6GBC1BNC6QZPGF4

Good morning Fedi friends! This is a routine reminder that #YunoHost is still doing a fundraising drive to cover its operating costs for 2025. They’re super close to the finish line and need a little push: https://yunohost.org/donate.en.html

@yunohost volunteers are like real life superheroes — working tirelessly to empower anyone to self-host and achieve #DigitalSovereignty.

If you could afford to donate to their efforts, any euro / dollar / yen counts.

Thank you! 🙏

Hello Fedi friends!

I'm preparing a presentation for a conference. The title: "The Rebellion will be self-hosted: Resisting the Digital Coup with #YunoHost"

I'm trying to describe how @yunohost has had a positive impact on my life. It's so hard to do so in 10 minutes or less 😅

A routine reminder that #YunoHost has a fundraising drive for the year so if you self-host through them and can afford to donate, any euro / dollar / yen counts: https://yunohost.org/donate.en.html Their volunteers are amazing ❤️

🏕️ my adventures in #selfhosting - day 177 (VPS stress test edition) 📈

Dear Fedi friends,

You might have noticed I've been a little quiet on here since launching my Fedi promo video. What happened?

Well well well, the unexpected victim of my viral toot / video was... my beloved #GoToSocial account.

Approximately 12 hours after posting about my video - a toot that got 1200+ boosts - for some reason federation broke on this account. I was still posting messages and replying but getting zero interactions.

So yesterday evening, thanks to the amazing help of people on the GoToSocial Matrix help room, I was told to upgrade to the latest version of GoToSocial. And that fixed the problem, yay.

If you don't mind, I'll copy and paste parts of 2 messages I had tried to publish Tue & Wed:

((( message from Tue evening )))

Thank you for all the amazing feedback you shared today re: my Fediverse promo video. I’m really touched.

Extra thanks to everyone who helped spread the word on Big Tech platforms - to reach a wider audience. I don’t have any accounts there anymore (not even on LinkedIn) so I appreciate your help with fediverse advocacy 🙏

And special special thanks to all the superheroes who intentionally left the browser tab open on my video to take advantage of PeerTube’s P2P feature, helping offload bandwidth strain from my little server. You rock! 🥹

((( beginning of message from Wed Jun 11 )))

The past 24 hours have been incredible! Thank you for all the boosts to the post about my Fedi promo video (over a thousand!)

It looks like my self-hosted Ghost blog did well with the massive wave of traffic and didn't experience the "Mastodon hug of Death." THANK YOU Varnish cache for it! Total game changer. I could not recommend it more! (As someone who experienced the Mastodon hug of death TWICE before installing Varnish cache) 😅​

So: my #Ghost blog survived. Ditto for my self-hosted #PeerTube (which is on a separate VPS - installed/managed via #YunoHost). The video so far has almost 5000 views - which is pretty good for PeerTube.

✨​ The magic of the fediverse for you ✨​

((( end of pasted messages )))

Since yesterday, I changed the visibility of the video, making it public. And my VPS is surviving, thanks to PeerTube's P2P and various instances mirroring the video (thank you fellow admins, I owe you big time!)

I'm just so grateful for all your nice words and support.

Later today I'll travel to Amsterdam, as I will be speaking at #PubConf2025 about the Fediverse YAY. I'm super honored for this opportunity and I look forward to reconnecting with many other Fediverse advocates who have become friends.

Exciting times 🥹

Wishing you all a lovely day! ✨🚀

#MySoCalledSudoLife #TheFutureIsFederated

✨ new on #TheFutureIsFederated 🚀

« In this age of #technofeudalism every writer who covers technology - especially resistance to #BigTech - should disclose their tech stack. Here's mine »

🔗 : https://news.elenarossini.com/technofeudalism-disclosing-my-tech-stack/

Basically, a love letter to #FOSS and the #Fediverse… with room for improvement (especially on the hardware front)

#selfhosting #GoToSocial #Mastodon #NextCloud #Pixelfed #PeerTube #Signal #YunoHost #DeGoogle #LeaveSubstack #resist #resistance #broligarchy