RaisFast — The fastest CMS, easiest to deploy

The fastest CMS, easiest to deploy.
Rust-powered high-performance BaaS and headless CMS · Built-in blog / ecommerce / wallet / payment / workflow / multi-tenant SaaS
JS / Rhai / Lua / WASM plugin engines · MCP-native · Single binary · Zero GC
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Early Alpha — API may change before v1.0. Targeting stable v1.0 in Q3 2026.

Admin UI — click the screenshot or here for the live demo

Why raisfast?

Single binary, full capability One binary, no Node.js, no Docker, no runtime. Blog, ecommerce, wallet, and payment are native built-in — not plugin assemblies, but the skeleton itself.

Rust performance, zero-GC stability Sub-millisecond reads, zero performance degradation over time. No GC pauses, no memory leaks, no 3 AM OOM alerts.

4 plugin engines, inspired by Strapi JS, Rhai, Lua, and WASM — a full spectrum from scripting to compiled. Dynamic language productivity on a Rust performance foundation.

Built for AI Native MCP (Model Context Protocol) server. AI clients like Claude Desktop can read/write content and invoke tools directly.

What's Built-In

Module	Features
Blog / CMS	Posts, pages, categories, tags, comments, media, RSS, sitemap
Ecommerce	Cart, orders, product variants, coupons, shipping templates
Wallet & Payment	Multi-currency wallet; Alipay / WeChat Pay / Stripe / Dodo / Creem via unified payment routing
Workflow	Workflow engine + job queue + cron scheduler + event bus
Content Types	Dynamic schema via TOML, grouping, batch ops, rule engine, auto CRUD API
Auth	JWT (HS256) + Refresh tokens + API tokens + multi-role RBAC
OAuth	GitHub / Google / WeChat and more social login
MCP	Model Context Protocol server (Streamable HTTP + stdio) for AI clients
GraphQL	Optional GraphQL API (async-graphql)
Webhook	Event-driven webhook delivery
Notifier	Email (SMTP) / SMS notifications
Multi-tenant	Optional tenant isolation + built-in reverse proxy for SaaS
Plugin Engine	JS (QuickJS) / Rhai / Lua (mlua) / WASM (wasmtime), VFS, hot reload
Search	Full-text search (Tantivy)
Admin UI	React 19 + shadcn/ui dashboard (embedded in binary)
Desktop	Tauri cross-platform desktop app
Tunnel	Built-in tunnel client — expose local ports to the internet
Multi-DB	SQLite / PostgreSQL / MySQL — zero code changes
Observability	Structured logging, Prometheus metrics, request ID, audit log, panic webhook

Quick Start

One-line install

# SQLite (default — zero config)
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RaisFast/raisfast/main/scripts/install.sh | sh

# PostgreSQL
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RaisFast/raisfast/main/scripts/install.sh | sh -s -- postgres

# MySQL
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RaisFast/raisfast/main/scripts/install.sh | sh -s -- mysql

This downloads the latest prebuilt binary to ~/.local/bin/raisfast.

# Start the server
raisfast

# Server starts at http://localhost:9898
# Admin UI at  /admin
# Swagger at   /swagger-ui
# Health at    /api/v1/healthz

Build from source

# Clone
git clone https://github.com/RaisFast/raisfast.git
cd raisfast

# Prepare config (edit .env as needed)
cp .env.example .env

# Build and run (default features: SQLite + search + JS/Lua/Rhai + OpenAPI + Proxy + Tunnel + MCP)
cargo run

# Server starts at http://localhost:9898
# Admin UI at  /admin
# Swagger at   /swagger-ui
# Health at    /api/v1/healthz

Want everything (adds WASM engine, payments, S3 storage)?
cargo run --features "plugin-wasm payment-all storage-s3"

First run

On first startup, raisfast automatically:

Creates all database tables (embeds SCHEMA_SQL)
Seeds default roles, permissions, and site options
Starts serving API + Admin UI

Create an admin user (CLI subcommand):

cargo run -- user create --email admin@example.com --username admin --password your-password --role admin

Using `just` (recommended workflow)

The repo ships a justfile wrapping common build / test / DB commands:

just dev          # dev with live SQL compile-time validation
just build        # release build
just qa           # fmt check + clippy
just test         # run all tests
just db-init      # create DB and load schema
just db-migrate   # run migrations

Switch backend with one env var: RAISFAST_DB=postgres just test (default postgres; also sqlite / mysql).

Docker

Single container (SQLite local storage):

docker build -t raisfast .
docker run -p 9898:9898 -v ./data:/app/data raisfast

Full stack (docker-compose.yml, with RustFS / S3-compatible storage):

docker compose up -d
# backend  → http://localhost:9898
# frontend → http://localhost:3000
# rustfs (S3) → http://localhost:9001

Architecture

raisfast is a Cargo workspace:

raisfast/
├── crates/
│   ├── core/           # main crate (raisfast): business & services
│   └── derive/         # proc-macro crate (raisfast-derive): CRUD / Where DSL
├── frontend/
│   ├── admin/          # React + shadcn admin UI (build output embedded in binary)
│   ├── sdk/            # official TypeScript SDK
│   ├── registry/       # plugin / content-type registry (Cloudflare Workers)
│   ├── templates/      # starters (blog / ecommerce / payment, etc.)
│   └── raisfast.com/   # marketing & docs site
├── migrations/         # three schemas (sqlite / postgres / mysql)
├── extensions/         # built-in examples: content_types/ + plugins/
├── plugin-sdk/         # plugin SDK (JS / Lua types & helpers)
├── plugin-wit/         # WASM component interface (.wit)
├── adminui/            # prebuilt admin UI assets (embedded via rust-embed)
├── templates/          # app / plugin / email / codegen templates
├── locales/            # i18n (en / zh-CN)
├── deploy/             # Fly.io / Vercel deploy configs
└── docs/ · dev-docs/   # architecture docs / design notes

crates/core/src/ module overview:

src/
├── main.rs · lib.rs · app.rs     # entry + AppState composition
├── server/                       # HTTP server + route registration + OpenAPI
├── cli/                          # subcommands (server/db/user/ct/plugin/...)
├── handlers/                     # route handlers (thin: extract → service → respond)
├── services/                     # business logic (ownership / Policy checks)
├── models/                       # data structures + SQL queries (sqlx + CRUD macros)
├── dto/                          # data transfer objects
├── commands/                     # CQRS command handlers
├── middleware/                   # auth / rate limit / CORS / tenant / metrics / security headers
├── plugins/                      # 4-engine plugin system (JS/Rhai/Lua/WASM) + VFS
├── content_type/                 # dynamic content types + rule engine + import/export
├── payment/                      # payment providers + routing + crypto
├── workflow/                     # workflow engine
├── worker/                       # job queue + cron scheduler
├── graphql/                      # GraphQL API
├── mcp/                          # MCP (Model Context Protocol) server
├── proxy/                        # multi-tenant reverse proxy
├── tauri/                        # Tauri desktop integration
├── oauth/                        # OAuth providers
├── notifier/                     # email / SMS notifications
├── event/ · eventbus.rs          # event bus
├── webhook/                      # webhook system
├── audit.rs · cache.rs           # audit log / cache (moka)
├── protocols/                    # AOP protocols (ownable / tenantable / timestampable …)
├── db/                           # connection pool / dialect / schema / multi-tenant / write lock
├── storage/                      # file storage (local / S3)
├── search/                       # full-text search (Tantivy)
├── config/                       # env-based configuration
├── errors/                       # unified AppError (thiserror)
├── types/ · utils/               # shared types / helpers
└── admin_spa.rs                  # embedded admin UI (rust-embed)

Layering

Handler → Service → Model (SQL)
                ↘ External: Storage / Cache / Search / EventBus / Webhook

Handlers contain no business logic; they are the only auth entry point (ensure_*)
Services orchestrate models and external services; they only do resource ownership checks (Policy)
Models hold only data structures and SQL queries, with tx_* variants for transactions

CLI

raisfast ships a full command-line (clap):

raisfast                               # same as: raisfast server start
raisfast server start|stop|restart|status
raisfast db migrate|rollback|backup
raisfast user create|list|passwd|delete|disable|enable
raisfast ct new|check|types            # content-type mgmt + TS type generation
raisfast plugin new|check              # plugin scaffolding + validation
raisfast codegen model                 # scaffold models from schema.sql
raisfast route ...                     # route inspection
raisfast doctor                        # system diagnostics
raisfast mcp serve                     # run MCP server over stdio (for Claude Desktop, etc.)
raisfast proxy start|check             # multi-tenant reverse proxy
raisfast tunnel <local-port>           # expose a local port to the internet

Switching Databases

Zero code changes — just change the feature flag:

# SQLite (default)
cargo build --no-default-features --features "db-sqlite"

# PostgreSQL
cargo build --no-default-features --features "db-postgres"

# MySQL
cargo build --no-default-features --features "db-mysql"

Note: BIGINT PRIMARY KEY does not auto-increment on PostgreSQL/MySQL, and sqlx proc-macros need a live database at compile time. See AGENTS.md for "Postgres first-run" and cross-DB development rules.

Feature Flags

# Database backend (pick one; default db-sqlite)
--features "db-sqlite | db-postgres | db-mysql"

# Plugin runtimes (plugin-js / plugin-lua / plugin-rhai are on by default)
--features "plugin-all"          # adds the WASM engine
--features "plugin-wasm"         # WASM only

# Payments (off by default)
--features "payment-all"         # Alipay + WeChat + Stripe + Dodo + Creem
--features "payment-stripe"      # or pick individually

# Other optional capabilities
--features "storage-s3"          # S3 / RustFS object storage
--features "tls"                 # built-in HTTPS (rustls)
--features "cron-system"         # system shell-script cron
--features "tauri"               # Tauri desktop mode
--features "export-types"        # export TypeScript types (ts-rs)

Defaults on: db-sqlite, search-tantivy, plugin-js, plugin-lua, plugin-rhai, openapi, proxy, tunnel, mcp

Plugin System

extensions/plugins/
└── my-plugin/
    ├── plugin.toml      # manifest
    ├── main.js          # JavaScript (QuickJS)
    ├── main.lua         # Lua (mlua)
    ├── main.rhai        # Rhai
    └── main.wasm        # WASM (wasmtime, conforms to plugin-wit/plugin.wit)

Example plugin.toml:

[plugin]
name = "my-plugin"
version = "0.1.0"
entry = "main.js"

[permissions]
http = ["GET"]
db = ["read"]
hooks = ["post_created", "comment_created"]

Plugin SDK: plugin-sdk/ provides JS / Lua types and helpers; WASM plugins conform to the plugin-wit/plugin.wit contract.
Virtual filesystem: each plugin gets an isolated VFS (tunable via PLUGIN_VFS_* quotas).
Examples: extensions/ ships sample plugins (crm, forum, seo-rhai) and content types you can study.

Configuration

All configuration is via environment variables or .env (see .env.example for the full list):

# ── Server ──────────────────────────────
APP_HOST=0.0.0.0
APP_PORT=9898                       # default 9898
APP_ENV=development                 # development | production
APP_TIMEZONE=UTC                    # IANA, e.g. Asia/Shanghai
# APP_KEY=                           # auto-generated on first start (AES-GCM)
# CORS_ORIGINS=https://your.domain   # comma-separated
# BASE_URL=http://localhost:9898     # public URL (for RSS / media links)

# ── Database ────────────────────────────
DATABASE_URL=sqlite:./storage/db/raisfast.db?mode=rwc
# DB_POOL_SIZE=5
# STORAGE_ROOT_DIR=./storage         # local root (uploads/logs/search_index/vfs/db)

# ── Auth ────────────────────────────────
JWT_SECRET=change-me-in-production-at-least-32-chars
JWT_ACCESS_EXPIRES=900               # 15 minutes
JWT_REFRESH_EXPIRES=604800           # 7 days

# ── Storage ─────────────────────────────
# STORAGE_DRIVER=local               # local | s3
# MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE=104857600
# S3_ENDPOINT=http://rustfs:9000     # only when STORAGE_DRIVER=s3
# S3_ACCESS_KEY= · S3_SECRET_KEY= · S3_BUCKET= · S3_REGION= · S3_PUBLIC_URL=

# ── Plugins ─────────────────────────────
# PLUGIN_DIR=./extensions/plugins
# PLUGIN_VFS_ROOT= · PLUGIN_VFS_MAX_FILE_SIZE= · PLUGIN_VFS_MAX_TOTAL_SIZE=
# PLUGIN_WASM_POOL_SIZE=4 · PLUGIN_LUA_POOL_SIZE=4 · PLUGIN_JS_POOL_SIZE=4

# ── Worker / Cron ───────────────────────
# WORKER_ENABLED=false · WORKER_CONCURRENCY=2
# CRON_SEED_ENABLED=false · CRON_LOG_RETENTION_DAYS=30
# CRON_SCHEDULES=[{"label":"...","job_type":"...","cron_expr":"...","enabled":true}]

# ── API toggles ─────────────────────────
# GRAPHQL_ENABLED=true               # /api/v1/graphql
# WEBSOCKET_ENABLED=true             # /api/v1/ws

# ── Built-in modules ────────────────────
# BUILTIN_BLOG=true · BUILTIN_PAGES=true · BUILTIN_MEDIA=true
# BUILTIN_FULLTEXT=true · BUILTIN_WORKFLOW=true · BUILTIN_TENANTABLE=false

# ── Rate limit (max_requests/window_secs)
# RATE_LIMIT_GLOBAL_MAX=60 · RATE_LIMIT_LOGIN_MAX=10 ...

Deployment

Platform	How
Docker	`docker build` or `docker compose up` (with RustFS)
Fly.io	`just deploy-fly` (config in `deploy/fly/`)
Vercel	script `deploy/vercel.sh`
Bare metal / binary	`cargo build --release`, single-file distribution

Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Language	Rust (edition 2024)
HTTP Framework	Axum 0.8
Database	SQLx 0.9 (SQLite / PostgreSQL / MySQL)
GraphQL	async-graphql 7
Auth	JWT (HS256) + Argon2
Cache	moka
Search	Tantivy 0.26
Plugin Runtime	wasmtime / rquickjs / mlua / rhai
ID generation	ferroid (Snowflake + multiplicative inverse cipher + base62)
Email / Templating	lettre / Tera / Comrak (Markdown)
Admin UI	React 19 + Vite + shadcn/ui (Base UI)
Desktop	Tauri 2
Object storage	AWS SDK for S3 / RustFS
Embedded assets	rust-embed

Project Status

Component	Status
Core API + Admin UI	✅ Working
Auth (JWT + OAuth + API Token + RBAC)	✅ Working
Multi-database (SQLite / PG / MySQL)	✅ Working
Plugin engine (JS / Rhai / Lua / WASM)	✅ Working
Content Type system (+ rule engine)	✅ Working
Ecommerce (cart / orders / shipping templates)	✅ Working
Wallet + unified payment routing	✅ Working
Workflow engine	✅ Working
Job queue + Cron	✅ Working
MCP server	✅ Working
GraphQL API	✅ Working
Webhook + Notifier	✅ Working
Multi-tenant + reverse proxy	✅ Working
Tunnel	✅ Working
Tauri desktop	🔧 In development
Plugin marketplace	📋 Planned

License

Licensed under Apache License 2.0.

Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please read CONTRIBUTING.md and AGENTS.md (architecture constraints and cross-DB development rules) for details.

Built with ❤️ and Rust

Name		Name	Last commit message	Last commit date
.cargo		.cargo
.github/workflows		.github/workflows
.sqlx-mysql		.sqlx-mysql
.sqlx-postgres		.sqlx-postgres
.sqlx-sqlite		.sqlx-sqlite
adminui		adminui
crates		crates
deploy		deploy
dist		dist
docs		docs
extensions		extensions
images		images
locales		locales
migrations		migrations
plugin-sdk		plugin-sdk
plugin-wit		plugin-wit
scripts		scripts
static		static
storage		storage
templates		templates
.dockerignore		.dockerignore
.env.development		.env.development
.env.example		.env.example
.env.production		.env.production
.env.test		.env.test
.gitignore		.gitignore
AGENTS.md		AGENTS.md
CHANGELOG.md		CHANGELOG.md
CONTRIBUTING.md		CONTRIBUTING.md
Cargo.lock		Cargo.lock
Cargo.toml		Cargo.toml
Dockerfile		Dockerfile
Dockerfile.ci		Dockerfile.ci
LICENSE		LICENSE
README.md		README.md
README_CN.md		README_CN.md
cliff.toml		cliff.toml
cov.json		cov.json
dist-workspace.toml		dist-workspace.toml
docker-compose.yml		docker-compose.yml
justfile		justfile
lcov.info		lcov.info

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Why raisfast?

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