Performance without compromising productivity.
Beacon is a content management system (CMS) built with Phoenix LiveView. It brings the rendering speed benefits of Phoenix to even the most content-heavy pages with faster render times to boost SEO performance.
Check out the guides to get started:
- Installation to get your first site up and running
- Deployment on Fly.io to deploy your site on Fly.io
A sample application running latest Beacon is available at https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon_demo
Pre-release version. You can expect incomplete features and breaking changes before a stable v0.1.0 is released.
Main components:
- Core - A functional website can be built and deployed by inserting components in database and running a server, see https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon_demo
- Admin - LiveView UI to manage layouts, pages, and all other resources. See https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon_live_admin
- Page Builder - An easy to use, drag & drop UI for building pages, targeted to non-technical users. In the initial stages of development.
Check out the CONTRIBUTING.md doc for overall guidelines to contribute to this project, then follow the Local Development steps to run a local project or watch the video below to understand more about Beacon internals:
The file dev.exs is a self-contained Phoenix application running Beacon with sample data and code reloading enabled. Follow these steps to get a site up and running:
- Install dependencies, build assets, and run database setup:
mix setupIf deps compilation fails, make sure your environment has the compilers installed.
On Ubuntu look for the build_essential package, on macOS install utilities with xcode-select --install
- Execute the dev script:
iex --sname core -S mix devNote that running a named node isn't required unless you're running Beacon LiveAdmin too.
Finally, visit any of the routes defined in dev.exs, eg: http://localhost:4001/dev
At DockYard we are ready to help you build your next Elixir project. We have a unique expertise in Elixir and Phoenix development that is unmatched and we love to write about Elixir.
Have a project in mind? Get in touch!