Halo
Extensible open-source website builder and CMS
Halo is an open-source website builder and content management system for creating blogs, knowledge bases, and business websites. It focuses on an efficient editing experience, structured configuration, and a plugin/theme ecosystem for long-term maintainability and growth.
Key Features
- Rich text and Markdown editing with embeddable content elements
- Theme templates and plugin-based architecture with one-click enable/disable
- RESTful API for integrations and secondary development
- Site logs and basic status monitoring capabilities
- Built-in backup and restore for site data
- Data migration tooling from other platforms
- Multiple storage strategies, including local storage and S3-compatible object storage
- Authentication options designed for flexible access control
- Optional AI capabilities via plugins (assisted writing and knowledge-base Q&A)
Use Cases
- Personal or team blogs with a fast publishing workflow
- Knowledge base sites with search and interactive Q&A extensions
- Company websites that need modular content and easy customization
Halo is a solid choice for users who want a modern, extensible CMS with a strong ecosystem of themes and plugins, plus integration-friendly APIs. Its modular design supports everything from simple blogs to more complex content-driven sites.
Categories:
Tags:
Tech Stack:
Docker
TypeScript
Java
RESTSimilar Services
Ghost
Publishing platform with newsletters and paid memberships
Ghost is an open-source publishing platform for blogs and websites with built-in newsletters, membership management, and paid subscriptions.
WordPress
Open-source content management system for websites and blogs
WordPress is an open-source CMS for building and managing websites and blogs with themes, a block editor, and a large plugin ecosystem.
Wagtail
Django-based content management system focused on flexibility
Wagtail is an open-source CMS built on Django and Python, offering an editor-friendly admin UI, flexible content modeling with StreamField, and optional headless APIs.
Grav
Flat-file PHP CMS using Markdown, Twig and YAML
Open-source flat-file CMS for PHP that uses Markdown, Twig templates and YAML configs with a package manager for fast, flexible sites.
WooCommerce
Ecommerce plugin for WordPress
WooCommerce is an open-source ecommerce platform for WordPress, enabling customizable online stores with products, checkout, payments, shipping, taxes, and extensions.
EverShop
TypeScript-first eCommerce platform built with React and GraphQL
Open-source TypeScript eCommerce platform for building customizable online stores with React and GraphQL, including catalog, checkout, orders, and an admin dashboard.
