Raytha is a versatile and lightweight general purpose content management system. Create any type of website by easily configuring custom content types and HTML templates that can be directly edited within the platform.
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- Content Types: Effortlessly create and customize content types, no code changes required.
- Role Based Access Control: Design customized roles with specific access permissions and assign them to individual users.
- Built In Template Engine: Easily modify templates within the platform using the popular Liquid templating engine.
- Headless Mode: Instant access to a REST API based on your content, automatically generated for you.
- Audit Logs: Built-in audit trail that tracks all edits made for enhanced security.
- Single Sign On: SAML and Json Web Token authentication are available out of the box for both administrators and public users.
- Revisions: Revisions of all content and templates are stored, enabling you to go back and revert to a previous version if needed.
- File Storage: The platform supports local file storage by default, but cloud storage options such as Azure Blob or S3-Compatible can be enabled if desired.
👀 Learn more about Raytha on our website. and the Raytha Youtube channel 📺.
⚡Raytha is available on DockerHub and is designed to work out of the box with a single Docker container and Postgres, making it incredibly easy to deploy anywhere. With a docker-compose.yml file, you can get everything up and running in a minute.
Simply download the docker-compose.yml file from the Raytha code repository.
You can download it here or copy it directly.
Once you have the docker-compose.yml file, navigate to the directory where you saved it and run:
docker-compose up
On the first run, Raytha will automatically apply the migration scripts and set up the database. After the migration completes, you’ll be presented with a setup screen to configure the CMS.
Advanced Settings
Raytha offers a plethora of environment variable settings that you can set to take advantage of additional functionality. If you want to set SMTP settings to ensure that Forgot Password and other similar emails are sent from Raytha, or use a cloud storage such as S3 or Azure Blob, then review the environment variables in the docker-compose.yml file.
📝 Content managers love Raytha not only for its minimal learning curve, simplicity, and self-evident UI, but also for its ease of granting different permission levels and roles to various admins, as well as its ability to revert back to previous versions of articles effortlessly. Raytha's audit logs functionality is also highly valued by content administrators, allowing them to keep track of all changes made to the content, and ensuring greater transparency and accountability across the organization.
👨💻 Know HTML? Raytha makes it easy for project managers and tech-savvy individuals to create custom websites in a snap. You can go the distance with just a basic understanding of HTML. From blogs and corporate sites to photo and video galleries, event websites, job boards, and beyond, Raytha can help you rapidly prototype a new concept.
🚀 If you're a .NET developer looking to jumpstart your web application development, Raytha's boilerplate template can save you valuable time. Raytha offers a host of features including user management, role-based access control (RBAC), single sign-on, and audit logs functionality, as well as interfaces for file storage with Azure Blob and S3-compatible providers. Its architecture is built on the well-known CleanArchitecture template, which means that any .NET developer can easily familiarize themselves with the backend functionality. With Raytha, you can hit the ground running and get your web application up and running in no time.
A priority of Raytha is to keep the technology footprint small for getting up and running as quickly as possible. However, you do need the minimum requirements listed below:
- .NET 8
- npm for compiling javascript
- Postgres (default) or SQL Server Express
- SMTP
- Visual Studio 2022 or VS Code. All tutorials will assume Visual Studio.
The steps to run Raytha locally are that of any typical .NET application.
- Clone this repository into your local directory.
git clone https://github.com/RaythaHQ/raytha.git
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Ensure your appsettings.config has a valid database connection string and SMTP credentials. If you do not have access to an SMTP server for local development, check out Papercut-SMTP. Super convenient.
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Make sure Raytha.Web is set as the Default Project. Compile and run. Raytha will apply the database migrations to your database on first run.
For general help using Raytha, please refer to official documentation on raytha.com, the Raytha Youtube channel, or post your questions and feedback in Github Discussions. Keep up to date on Raytha news by following @raythahq on Twitter and Instagram.
Raytha is open-source software, freely distributable under the terms of an MIT license.
We welcome contributions in the form of feature requests, bug reports, pull requests, or thoughtful discussions in the GitHub discussions and issue tracker. Please see the CONTRIBUTING document for more information.
Raytha was founded by Zack Schwartz @apexdodge.