BunkerCMS

BunkerCMS is a headless Content Management System (CMS) built with Next.js, using Next.js app router and MongoDB. It's designed to be deployed for free on Vercel, offering a customizable and free solution for managing content.

Motivation

I sought a cost-effective, customizable headless CMS with a beautiful text editor, capable of integrating with a serverless MongoDB database and deployable on Vercel's hobby plan.

Strapi was my usual go-to for CMS needs but they discontinued MongoDB support a while ago and sometimes it has more functionality and complexity than I actually need.

BunkerCMS is perfect for basic CMS needs like blog content management and is enhanced by a sophisticated and user-friendly rich text editor developed using Tiptap.

Demo

Access the live demo here: BunkerCMS Demo

• Email: demo@bunker-cms.com
• Password: zdNx3TANq1SB
• Public API Key (for API requests): df418e1d-a698-46ae-9255-80e5848c4054

Tech Stack

BunkerCMS leverages the following technologies:

• Language: TypeScript
• Framework: Next.js app router
• Database: MongoDB
• Tables: @tanstack/react-table
• Forms: react-hook-form
• Styling: SCSS Modules
• Text Editor: Tiptap
• Authentication: next-auth

Quick Start Guide

npm install            # Install dependencies
touch .env.local       # Create a local environment file
npm run dev            # Start the development server

Setting Up Environment Variables

Create a .env.local file at the root of your project and populate it with the following variables:

• NEXTAUTH_SECRET=
• CLOUDINARY_NAME=
• CLOUDINARY_KEY=
• CLOUDINARY_SECRET=
• CLOUDINARY_FOLDER=
• PUBLIC_API_KEY=
• MONGODB_URI=

Create an account

1. Create an account at http://localhost:3000/sign-up
2. You will be directed to BunkerCMS dashboard where you can edit your content

External API requests

To make an external API request to Bunker CMS

import qs from 'qs';
import { url } from '@/config'; // url will be http://localhost:3000 or your production deployment

const query = qs.stringify(
    {
        select: 'slug description title tags image updatedAt createdAt',
        pageIndex: 0,
        pageSize: 1,
        sort: {
            createdAt: -1,
        },
    },
    {
        encodeValuesOnly: true, // prettify URL
    }
);
const res = await fetch(url + '/api/api-blogs?' + query, {
    method: 'GET',
    next: { revalidate: 3600 }, // refresh every 60 minutes
    headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
        authorization: // this needs to be the same as PUBLIC_API_KEY
    },
})
const { data: blogs } = await res.json();