About Laksa
Laksa is a modern content management system designed for developers who want control and creators who want simplicity.
What is Laksa?
Laksa combines the power of Phoenix LiveView with a developer-friendly, file-first approach to content management. It’s a platform where your content lives in Git repositories, your templates use Liquid syntax, and your data stays yours.
What Does Laksa Do?
Content Management Write in Markdown, publish as rich content. Laksa renders your markdown files with full GitHub Flavored Markdown support, including tables, footnotes, and syntax highlighting.
Multi-Site Management Manage multiple websites from a single dashboard. Each site gets its own subdomain, custom domain support, and independent content repository.
Developer Experience Built with Elixir and Phoenix, Laksa offers real-time updates via LiveView, Git-based version control, and Liquid templating for maximum flexibility.
Newsletter & Subscribers Integrated newsletter system with subscriber management, GDPR compliance, and detailed analytics—all without tracking individual behavior.
Content Analytics Track what content resonates with your audience through click tracking, voting systems, and engagement metrics that respect privacy.
Who is Laksa For?
- Developers who want a CMS they can extend and customize
- Technical writers who prefer Markdown and Git workflows
- Small teams managing multiple content properties
- Privacy-conscious creators who refuse to treat their audience as products
- Anyone tired of surveillance capitalism in content platforms
Technology
Laksa is built on solid, proven technology:
- Elixir & Phoenix for scalability and real-time features
- Phoenix LiveView for instant updates without page refreshes
- MDEx for fast, standards-compliant Markdown rendering
- Liquid templating for flexible, designer-friendly themes
- PostgreSQL for reliable data storage
- Git for version-controlled content