# go-sonic/sonic

Sonic is a blogging platform developed by Go. Simple and powerful

Repository: https://github.com/go-sonic/sonic
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/go-sonic-sonic
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: blog, go, golang, sonic, cms
Last push: 2024-05-10T02:55:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1404, "days_push": 845, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2117, forks 258 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:16.361214+00:00)

## What it is
Sonic is a lightweight, high-performance blogging platform and CMS written in Go, inspired by the Halo project. It ships as a small single binary with an admin console, theming support, and multiple database and object storage backends.

## Use cases
- self-host a personal blog
- run a lightweight CMS on a VPS
- deploy a blog with Docker
- start a blog with SQLite and no external dependencies
- publish posts with a customizable theme
- host blog media on S3-compatible object storage

## When to choose
- you want a fast, single-binary blog server in Go
- you like Halo but prefer a Go backend
- you need a small-footprint self-hosted CMS with SQLite or MySQL
- you want cross-platform builds including ARM and MIPS

## When to avoid
- you need PostgreSQL support, which is not yet implemented
- you need a mature plugin ecosystem or enterprise CMS features
- you prefer headless CMS with a separate API-first architecture

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: web-framework, templating, static-site-generator, file-upload, self-hosted
- domain: web-development, cms, self-hosted
- platform: windows, self-hosted, go
- tags: blogging-platform, cms, go, themes, object-storage, halo-inspired, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- go-sonic/sonic (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:16.361214+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 2026-08-30T02:53:13.722867+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/go-sonic/sonic (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:16.361214+00:00, sha 61ed0b40bf90)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.