# BeaconCMS/beacon

Open-source Content Management System (CMS) built with Phoenix LiveView. Faster render times to boost SEO performance, even for the most content-heavy pages.

Repository: https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/beacon
Homepage: https://beaconcms.org
Language: Elixir
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: cms, elixir, elixir-lang, phoenix, phoenix-framework, phoenix-liveview
Last push: 2026-05-12T16:50:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 71/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 82, release rhythm 40, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1716, "days_push": 113, "days_rel": 519, "gap_med": 5, "n_releases_24m": 18}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1259, forks 133 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:09.740781+00:00)

## What it is
Beacon is an open-source content management system built on Phoenix LiveView in Elixir, designed for fast rendering of content-heavy pages to boost SEO. It includes a LiveView-based admin interface for managing sites and pages, and can be added to new or existing Phoenix projects.

## Use cases
- build a fast content-heavy website with a CMS
- manage marketing site content with a LiveView admin
- improve SEO with faster page render times
- add a CMS to an existing Phoenix application
- let non-developers publish pages via a page builder

## When to choose
- your stack is Elixir/Phoenix and you want a native CMS
- render performance and SEO for content pages are priorities
- you want admin content management embedded in your Phoenix app

## When to avoid
- you need a headless CMS serving non-Elixir frontends
- your team has no Elixir/Phoenix experience
- you need a plugin marketplace ecosystem like WordPress

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: web-framework, templating, ui-components, self-hosted
- domain: cms, web-development, backend
- platform: elixir, self-hosted
- tags: phoenix-liveview, content-management, seo, page-builder, elixir, web-server

## Member repositories
- BeaconCMS/beacon (main) score 71

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:09.740781+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T05:05:27.669303+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:09.740781+00:00, sha 928a5e836b1d)
  - homepage: https://beaconcms.org (fetched 2026-08-29T12:16:53.082821+00:00, sha 8c06a9692872)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.