# vapid/vapid

Vapid is an intentionally simple content management system built on the idea that you can create a custom dashboard without ever leaving the HTML.

Repository: https://github.com/vapid/vapid
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vapid
Homepage: https://www.vapid.com
Language: SCSS
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: cms, content-management-system, nodejs
Archived: true
Last push: 2021-01-12T16:41:29+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3187, "days_push": 2059, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1498, forks 68 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:54.003833+00:00)

## What it is
Vapid is an intentionally simple Node.js-based content management system that lets developers build custom dashboards and websites directly from HTML templates with special directives. It includes a CLI for scaffolding projects, a live-reloading dev server, SQLite-backed content storage, and the ability to export static sites.

## Use cases
- build a simple marketing site with a custom CMS dashboard
- create a content-managed website without leaving HTML templates
- generate a static site with editable content
- self-host a lightweight CMS on Node.js hosting
- quickly prototype a client-editable website

## When to choose
- you want a minimal, HTML-first CMS with zero configuration
- you need a simple site with a custom editing dashboard built from template directives
- you want to export to a fully static site for cheap hosting

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software with security updates
- you require a headless CMS or API-driven content model
- you need multi-user workflows, complex content relationships, or a plugin ecosystem

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: templating, static-site-generator, http-server, cli
- domain: cms, web-development, self-hosted
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: flat-file-cms, html-templates, sqlite, static-export, no-longer-maintained, cms, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- vapid/vapid (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:54.003833+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 2026-08-30T04:33:06.895860+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/vapid/vapid (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:54.003833+00:00, sha 581043b632bd)
  - homepage: https://www.vapid.com (fetched 2026-08-29T11:38:18.645996+00:00, sha 677efe4abe66)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.