Lightcms

LightCMS

LightCMS is a Go-powered content management system built for the AI era. It's simultaneously AI-native (semantic search, built-in Claude-powered chat widget, MCP server for agent control), agentically controllable (Claude Code and any MCP client can read, write, publish, and bulk-import content via 130 MCP tools), and agentically updatable (the codebase is clean, well-structured Go — coding agents can safely extend it). For teams that want a CMS that works with AI rather than around it.

What's New in v7.3 — SEO & AI

What's New in v7.2

What's New in v7.1

What's New in v7.0

What's New in v6.0

What's New in v5.0

What's New in v4.5

Why LightCMS?

Lightweight: A clean, focused codebase that's easy to understand, modify, and extend. No bloated frameworks or complex abstractions.

AI-Native: Built from the ground up for the AI era:

• MCP Integration: Full Model Context Protocol server with 130 tools and 3 prompt resources for website management. Supports both local stdio and HTTP streamable transports — connect from Claude Code, Claude Desktop, or any MCP-compatible client.
• OAuth 2.1 for Remote Agents: Sandboxed desktop apps like Claude's Cowork can securely connect over HTTP using OAuth 2.1 with PKCE. No embedded passwords — just authorize once and the agent manages your site.
• Fork-Friendly: Designed to be forked and customized by Claude Code. Ask Claude to add new content types, modify templates, or build custom features — the codebase is structured for AI-assisted development.
• Natural Language Website Management: Skip the admin UI entirely. Create pages, manage assets, customize themes, and publish content through conversation.

Features

Content Management

• Template System: Define reusable content structures with custom fields (text, richtext, image, date, select, markdown)
• Static Page Generation: Fast page loads from pre-rendered HTML — no runtime templating overhead
• Content Versioning: Full version history with diff comparison and one-click revert
• Soft Delete: Recover deleted content with undelete functionality
• Content Tagging: Tag any content item with one or more freeform labels, then query by tag across your site
• Snippets: Named HTML template fragments used as reusable rendering units in dynamic queries
• `lc:query` Directives: Embed live content queries directly in template layouts — at publish time they expand into rendered lists of matching pages
• Content Collections: Auto-generated paginated listing pages filtered by category
• Folders & URL Organization: Hierarchical content organization with clean URL paths
• Rich Text Editor: Quill 2 for visual content editing (vendored in static/admin/quill/, served from the site itself)
• Regex Search & Replace: Site-wide or scoped search-and-replace with RE2 regex support, capture groups, and mandatory preview step
• Bulk Operations: Update or apply field operations across up to 100 pages in a single API call; export/transform/re-import pipelines
• Scheduled Publishing (v4.5+): Set a future publish_at timestamp; a background scheduler auto-publishes at the right time
• Content Locking (v4.5+): Advisory lock while editing (30-min expiry); warning banner if another user holds the lock; admins can force-unlock
• Incremental Static Regeneration (v4.5+): Template layout changes regenerate pages in 20-page batches to prevent server overload on large sites

Import Pipeline (v5.0+)

• RSS/Atom Feed Sources: Configure recurring import sources with configurable schedule (hourly/daily/weekly), template mapping, folder targeting, and auto-publish. Manage sources and run history from /cm/imports. Feed URLs must be publicly reachable (private and loopback addresses are refused, v7.4.3).
• Markdown + ZIP Import: Upload .md files or .zip archives of Markdown. YAML frontmatter in each file controls title, slug, folder, template, tags, and scheduled publish time. Supports Notion exports, Obsidian vaults, Hugo/Jekyll site mi