No CMS? Writing Our Blog in React

• unified

  14 4,244 7.2 JavaScript

  ☔️ interface for parsing, inspecting, transforming, and serializing content through syntax trees

  

From TFA:

> My idea was that surely it's possible to write a bunch of markdown, and then have that get wrapped in a bunch of JSX tags that come pre-styled, using the styles of your existing repo? For example, what I expected was to be able to write *test* (Markdown for bold) and then get a component that looked liketest where is a library-defined React component

It surely is possible, so perhaps I can share some links if others are wondering the same thing.

If you like to roll your own solution for that, you can use the unified ecosystem: https://unifiedjs.com/

However, if you want JSX just do what everyone does and reach for MDX:

• mdx

  99 16,811 8.7 JavaScript

  Markdown for the component era

  

https://mdxjs.com/

> We thought this would be a no-brainer and that there would be some CMS/SSG libraries out there that made this Markdown conversion process easy and facilitated integration with any number of frontend frameworks.

You thought correct:

- NextJS MDX integration: https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/building-your-application/conf...

• SurveyJS

  surveyjs.io sponsored

  Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  

• sitepress

  11 246 7.4 Ruby

  Sitepress ruby gems

  

I'm currently facing the same problem - adding a blog to a Rails app.

I thought Sitepress looks interesting, as its supposed to integrate with Rails. Have you given that one a try?

https://sitepress.cc/

• Docusaurus

  282 52,824 9.5 TypeScript

  Easy to maintain open source documentation websites.

  

Wondering why Docusaurus (https://docusaurus.io) did not match their needs. Works perfectly fine as a blogging engine for our tech blog.

• Mithril.js

  49 13,877 3.4 JavaScript

  A JavaScript Framework for Building Brilliant Applications

  

I have mixed feelings about React. I like it better than jQuery, and better than other JS frameworks I’ve used.

But I much prefer Mithril (https://mithril.js.org/), which offers the same immediate-mode advantages (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19746235) but without the crazy complex dependency-tracking reactivity.

I rather liked this comment on React: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38640051

• Publii

  97 5,967 9.3 HTML

  The most intuitive Static Site CMS designed for SEO-optimized and privacy-focused websites.

Publii is one of the few competent attempts at a desktop CMS app.

https://getpublii.com/

They do a lot of things right.

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