ElmapiCMS 4.0 is here

Self-Hosted Headless CMSwith AI, Auth and Templates

Host your own headless CMS. Manage content, add user login, and ship frontends with ready templates.

ElmapiCMS 4.0 dashboard in light mode
What You Get with ElmapiCMS

Everything you need to build and manage your content backend

Unlimited projects on one install, self-hosting, authentication, templates, AI tools, versioning, translations, import and export, and clear docs.

Frontend templates

Ship frontends that already speak Elmapi

Production Next.js, Nuxt, and Astro starters with importable project packages. Agency sites, membership with auth, storefronts, SaaS marketing, and more. New templates every week.

Meridian Studio template screenshot

Creative agency and portfolio marketing site. Services, case studies, team, insights, and contact pages driven entirely from Elmapi.

Marketing
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Atlas Group template screenshot

Multilingual company site and blog with en, de, and es locales. Case studies, services, locations, FAQ, and SEO defaults from the CMS.

MarketingMultilingualBlog
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Northline Academy template screenshot

Membership learning hub with public marketing pages, guided paths, instructors, and gated lessons powered by end-user auth.

AuthMembership
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Sable Goods template screenshot

Design-led home goods storefront with catalog, account checkout, and order records. Customer accounts via end-user auth (no Stripe).

AuthStorefront
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Ridgeform template screenshot

Ridgeform

Next.js

Modern general contractor site for residential and light commercial work. Services, projects, process, team, and contact from Elmapi.

Marketing
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Cove template screenshot

Cove

Nuxt

SaaS product marketing for an async standup and weekly-update tool. Features, pricing, blog, changelog, and contact from Elmapi.

MarketingSaaSBlog
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Changelog

Evolving with every release

ElmapiCMS keeps shipping. See what's in progress and what just landed, then jump into the full changelog anytime.

Ship continuously

New features and fixes land regularly so your CMS keeps pace with how you build.

See what shipped

4.0 brings Authentication, content versioning, frontend templates, and more. Follow the changelog for what is next.

Upgrade with confidence

Every release is documented with clear notes so you know what changed and when.

One-time product, ongoing progress

You buy once and still get an actively evolving headless CMS with real momentum.

Elmapi Changelog
v4.0.0
Latest

Major release: ElmapiCMS 4.0. See the upgrade guide for breaking-change notes.

Immutable publish versions
Draft save on published entries
Explicit publish/unpublish API
Portable project and collection packages
Direct S3/Spaces uploads for large files
Always moving forward

Follow the changelog for what's shipping next and what just landed in ElmapiCMS.

New in 4.0

Authentication for members, accounts, and gated apps

Elmapi gives signup, sign-in, refresh, logout, and optional email verification for your app users.

  • Signup, sign-in, refresh, and logout
  • Works with the JS SDK and framework starters
  • Settings for verification, sessions, and suspension

End-user signup and sign-in

Add email and password login for members, customers, and learners. Refresh sessions without a full sign-in again.

Identity JWTs

Issue access tokens and refresh tokens for each signed-in user. Keep sessions secure and easy to revoke.

User API keys

Issue uak_ keys for your apps. Inspect key status, suspend users, and limit concurrent sessions.

Built for real frontends

See membership auth in Northline Academy. See storefront accounts in Sable Goods. The patterns work with NextAuth.

AI Assistant

Get publish-ready content faster with built-in AI

ElmapiCMS helps your team write, translate, and improve content inside the same workflow you already use to ship websites and apps.

Ship content faster

Generate first drafts, improve existing copy, and polish content in the same editor so your team can publish sooner.

Scale multilingual content

Translate entire entries in one click while preserving structure and links, so localized content stays aligned across projects.

Keep full control of AI

Bring your own API key for OpenAI, Anthropic, or Gemini. You choose providers, models, and costs.

Go from idea to API-ready content

From draft to translation to final copy, move faster from concept to clean content delivered through your existing API workflows.

Elmapi Dashboard
Project: Marketing API
Elmapi AI
Live
Create a blog collection with title, slug, body, and cover image.
Done. I created the collection and added API fields. Want me to generate sample entries too?
Also translate entries to Turkish and German.
AI can create, translate, and refine content from this panel.
Ask Elmapi AI...
MCP Server

Connect your AI tools directly to ElmapiCMS

Use the Elmapi MCP server to let AI assistants read, create, and manage content through your CMS safely and faster.

Cursor + Elmapi MCP
Prompt in Editor
"Create collection `case_studies`, then add one entry and list published entries."
MCP Tool Calls
`create_collection` executed
`create_entry` executed
`list_entries` returned results
Result in ElmapiCMS

Collection created, fields mapped, and ready for content entries without manual setup in the dashboard.

Manage content from your editor

Connect Cursor or Claude Code to ElmapiCMS and run real content operations without leaving your coding workflow.

Use natural language for CMS tasks

Create collections, update entries, and query project data with plain prompts instead of manual admin clicks.

Keep operations secure and controlled

Route actions through your MCP endpoint with project-level access controls and clear operation boundaries.

Ship automation-ready workflows

Turn repetitive content tasks into repeatable AI-assisted flows for your team and client projects.

See it in GitHub

Resources

Everything you need to get started and build with ElmapiCMS.

Documentation
Comprehensive guides and API references
JS SDK
Official JavaScript SDK for ElmapiCMS
MCP Server
Connect AI editors like Cursor and Claude Code to your CMS

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Pricing

Simple one-time pricing

Buy once, self-host forever. No subscriptions, no per-project fees, no user limits.

ElmapiCMS

$149one-time

Full source code. GitHub repository access after purchase.

  • Full source code, GitHub repository access
  • Unlimited projects from one installation
  • Self-hosted, you control your data
  • Free product updates via GitHub
  • Frontend templates for Next, Nuxt, Astro
  • Built-in AI content tools
  • MCP server for Cursor and Claude Code
  • Asset library with S3-compatible storage
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