Open source. TypeScript-first. Self-hosted.

A headless CMS for developers who want to build content-driven applications without building backend infrastructure from scratch.

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About

Bando is an open-source, self-hosted headless CMS built with TypeScript.

It provides the infrastructure needed to model, manage, and serve content through an API, while giving developers full control over how and where it runs.

Bando is designed for developers building websites, blogs, applications, and other content-driven products where content needs to be managed independently from the frontend code.

Define your content once. Build your frontend around it.

Why Bando?

• Open source — inspect, modify, and contribute to the code.
• Self-hosted — run Bando on your own infrastructure.
• TypeScript-first — designed for modern TypeScript applications.
• Developer-focused — model content and work with it through a straightforward API.
• Composable — use Bando with your existing frontend and application stack.
• Content-focused — manage content without hardcoding it into your application.
• Built for developers — keep control over your infrastructure and code.

What you can build

Bando can be used as the content backend for:

• Blogs and documentation platforms
• Company and personal websites
• News and publishing platforms
• Portfolios
• Product catalogs
• Content-driven web applications
• Internal content management systems
• Projects where clients need to update content without changing application code

Instead of building a custom backend every time a project needs editable content, Bando provides the content infrastructure and API needed to get started.

Bando’s components work together to provide a complete content management workflow while remaining flexible enough to integrate with different applications and infrastructures.

Built in public

Bando is developed openly and welcomes contributions from the community.

You can contribute by:

• Opening issues
• Reporting bugs
• Submitting pull requests
• Improving documentation
• Testing features
• Sharing ideas and feedback

Whether you’re interested in TypeScript, APIs, databases, developer tooling, or content management, you’re welcome to contribute.

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Bando CMS
Open source content infrastructure for developers.