Work-In-Progress

A Modern Blog Engine. Backend server required, not JAMStack.

Uses Go (mux) for the backend and React (Next) for the frontend. Databases used are PostgreSQL and Redis (auth & caching).

All you need to use Bear-Post is a server to host the backend API. The frontend CDN and SSL certs can be handled by Vercel with your own domain for free!

• SEO and performance optimized
• Backend uses Go for fast performance coupled with Redis for authentication and caching PostgreSQL requests
• WYSIWYG online markdown-based editor that also supports embeds
  • Same base editor used in Outline
  • Added custom ability to restore unsaved changes in the editor
  • Added custom embeds
  • Added raw markdown edit mode for compatibility with spell-checkers (like Grammarly)
• Support for multiple admin and editor users
• Support for hidden/draft posts
• Progressive Web Application (service-worker, offline cache, etc.)
• Support for permalinks
• Uses metadata for rich content in applications (such as Discord links)
• Keyset pagination to support infinite scrolling
• Redux to save fetched posts during navigation and thus reduce API requests
• Login protected with reCaptcha
• Automatic creation of a webp copy of uploaded feature-images
• Easy startup with docker-compose and Vercel

For images of the admin dashboard, go to this pull request

Lighthouse stats of index page:

Lighthouse stats of a post page:

Find the start up information in the templates/backend-only directory. It will guide you through starting the API and deploying the frontend to Vercel.

A: A dynamic, non-JAMStack, blog gives me the opportunity to learn working with databases and React. This is my first large project working with databases, React, Go, Docker, and such much more! So while a static blog has lots of advantages, a dynamic blog gives lots of opportunities to learn more.

What I cannot create, I do not understand - Richard Feynman