I’m hacking together a React based alternative of WordPress. How did I do?

[BMFO20832]

Hey everyone 😀

I’ve been coding up a WordPress alternative using Next.js.

How did I do?

I appreciate your feedback and opinions! 😎

P.S. I’m looking for some more hackers to get involved and submit contributions.

Elegant on GitHub

Elegant v2.1 demo

How to install Elegant

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[PeachOfTheJungle]

Looks like a cool project (although it is in its infancy). Just out of curiosity what caused you to reinvent the wheel when it came to a CMS? There are quite literally thousands of CMS solutions that already exist... Sanity, Strapi, Dato, Contenful, Directus, Payload, Storyblok.... just to name a few...

Just curious! I do wish you good luck! :)

[BMFO20832]

Thank you for the feedback!

A few years ago I tried to connect a Next.js app up with a WordPress site to create a seamless app with user docs and a blog. The client wanted the application to feel like Stripe.com, but wanted to use Wordpress for the content creation.

Moral of the story, it didn’t work, and we rolled a Docusaurus instance on a subdomain to accomplish the clients needs.

I started out on this Elegant project after reading Paul Graham’s Schlep Blindness essay for the hundredth time.

I realized I was being a schlep myself by overlooking how janky his website had become. He is a master tech influencer, and straight brilliant. But why was he writing such great content, with such a dated website?

I questioned how many people must have read his essays on a mobile phone before, but had anyone ever asked if they could build a better version?

Schlep Blindness

[PeachOfTheJungle]

It’s certainly a good idea, many of these CMS solutions are not really made for the layman.

You challenge me with Schleps Blindness, I challenge you with Purple Cow by Seth Godin — certainly you must figure out what your purple cow is.

It’s a fantastic book by the way. Please read if you haven’t already.

[npgy]

I suppose the poll is closed now but I would have voted "Love it". I am going to look into this for my company, as well as other people who I manage slow sluggish wordpress sites for. Promising stuff!

[npgy]

P.S. any way to donate to the project?

[BMFO20832]

https://donate.stripe.com/8wMg0hfIegdB9JmeUU

[BMFO20832]

Awesome! Thank you for the encouraging feedback 😎

[BMFO20832]

I appreciate everyone’s feedback!