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Delightful way to manage a blog on existing websites
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Raymond Yeh

Wisp CMS - Delightful way to create + manage blogs on existing websites

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The simplest way to share your story. A delightful blogging CMS for hackers & founders. Distraction-free editor, easy setup, global delivery, and SEO optimization. Focus on connecting with your audience, not managing content.

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Raymond Yeh
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Hey Product Hunters! Raymond here, and I'm stoked to introduce you to Wisp - the CMS that's about to make your adding a blog to your website a whole lot easier! Why did I build Wisp? 🛠️ As a dad of two juggling multiple websites, I felt the pain of clunky CMSs and tech headaches. I wanted something that could grow with me without the constant upgrade nightmares. That's when Wisp was born - a lightweight, delightful CMS that empowers you to focus on what really matters: connecting with your audience. How does it work? 🚀 Set up in less than a day | Integrate with any framework 📝 Distraction-free writing | First-class editorial experience 🔧 All batteries included | Pagination, tagging, related articles out of the box 🌐 Global content delivery | Lightning-fast edge API and CDN Ready to experience the magic? ✨ Don't just take my word for it - give our editor a spin! I've made it as delightful as possible, taking inspiration from favorites like Notion and Medium. Try out the drag-and-drop image upload, play with our powerful slash commands, and see how effortless content creation can be: 👉 https://www.wisp.blog/try-editor Get started with a template! 🗞 If you would like to get started with a brand new blog, check out this minimalist blog template in Nextjs 14. You can get hook up wisp, host your site on vercel and have a live blog in 20 min or less! 👉 https://github.com/Wisp-CMS/next... What's next? We're cooking up some exciting features like contextual CTAs to supercharge your content marketing game. And trust me, there's more magic in the pipeline! Want to take Wisp for a spin? Every account starts with a generous free plan because I believe in letting you experience the full magic before making a decision. Let's make the digital world a little more human, one blog post at a time! 🚀 P.S. Wisp is proudly bootstrapped and made with love (and lots of late-night coding sessions). If you're a fellow parent, indie hacker, or just someone who believes in the power of great content, I'd love to connect!
Joseph Abraham
@raymond_yeh Congrats on your incredible launch! Wishing you an amazing journey forward. What’s been the most valuable lesson learned during this process?
Raymond Yeh
Maker
Thanks @a_zelenkov. I get the most joy from seeing my customers, mostly founders, succeed. I just want to get the annoying things out of the way so that they can focus on what's the most important things for them.
Elly
@raymond_yeh Congratulations on the launch!
Savian Boroanca
@raymond_yeh Wisp sounds like an absolute game-changer! The simplicity and power behind the CMS you've built are truly impressive, especially for anyone juggling multiple projects or just trying to streamline their content creation. The fast setup, seamless integration, and distraction-free writing experience are exactly what creators need to focus on connecting with their audience without tech headaches. I love how you've made it lightweight yet packed with essential features like pagination and global content delivery. Kudos for making the digital world a little more human, one blog post at a time! Can't wait to try it out. 🚀🚀🚀
Christofer Huber
Hey @raymond_yeh great work, building a full cms is a challenge 👏🏻 I'm a big fan of headless cms systems. Which database systems does Wisp CMS support? Congratulations on the launch 🚀.
Raymond Yeh
Maker
@crebuh Thanks for the kind words. We are a hosted solution so you don't have to worry about bringing your database or pay for additional hosting. But if you are curious we use Postgres on the backend with support for embeddings (we have some cool AI features launched like related blog posts and contextual call-to-actions, with more lined up)
Andreea S.
Congratulations on launching Wisp! 🎉 It’s inspiring to see how you’ve turned your personal challenges as a busy dad and website manager into a solution that can benefit so many others. The focus on simplicity, speed, and a seamless editorial experience really sets Wisp apart. I’m curious, what was the biggest challenge you faced while developing Wisp, and how did you overcome it?
Raymond Yeh
Maker
Thanks @andreea_staicu for the kind words! The hardest part was actually to continue building and showing up day to day. It helps after we had our first few customers (free and paying). They are the people I show up for day after day now!
Kevin Yao
This sounds promising, @raymond_yeh! The distraction-free editor really stands out. Can you elaborate on how Wisp integrates with existing frameworks? Also, what specific features are you planning for those upcoming CTAs? Excited to see where this goes!
Raymond Yeh
Maker
Thanks @kevinyaoooooo! We expose our content API directly so any framework can use it. On top of that we provide our JS SDK so for users using React (or nextjs, nuxtjs, vite, etx) can use the package directly. In addition, we found lots of users choosing to fork and modify our blog template directly to launch their blogs: https://github.com/Wisp-CMS/next... Some additional ideas in our pipeline: - React hooks for loading blog post on client side - Sample blog component libraries (ie pagination, blog listing, blog detail page, etc) For the CTAs, we have it on beta right now and you can see how different articles get mapped to different CTA already. More details: https://www.wisp.blog/features/c...
Ifeoma Illoh
I'll gladly upvote this. Check out the site and also love your featured image generator too. My question: With blogs seemingly "dying" all eyes on social media, what's the idea behind launching a CMS?
Raymond Yeh
Maker
Thanks for checking out the featured image generator @illohifeoma. It was solving my own problem when I'm just missing some creative juice and need some help picking an image for my posts. The original idea came about when I was trying to update a post on my personal blog https://geek.sg/ and it cant be done because I was using an old version of gatsby and Netlify (what I use to host) no longer support the old node version for build anymore. So I cant even add new post to my blog! The last straw was trying to add a blog to another of my product and I thought "IT HAS TO BE A BETTER WAY". The rest is history...
Eric
Congrats on launching Wisp, Raymond! As someone who juggles multiple projects, the drag-and-drop image upload and slash commands are seriously appealing. The distraction-free writing environment is definitely a plus. @raymond_yeh
Majid Izadi
GRATZ ON THE LAUCH, GO TEAM WISP
Raymond Yeh
Maker
Thanks @m4jiz for your support! Rooting for you too!
Umut
I have used Wisp without dealing any headache when I wanted to create my new blog, also it's SEO optimized 💯
Raymond Yeh
Maker
Love this @umuthq, thanks for being here today!
Guoyou Ng
Congrats! I work at a media company and the Wisp feature set hits a lot of the pain points we encounter at work with the various CMSes we use. Excited to see where Wisp development goes!
Raymond Yeh
Maker
Thanks @guoyou_ng for your support! Your "media company" is not just any media company so this means a lot. Gonna keep you updated on its trajectory.
Sherry Jiang
I am a happy customer of Wisp. I found the implementation for our company Peek (peek.money) very easy and so much less painful than the other solutions out there.
Raymond Yeh
Maker
Thanks @sherry_jiang for the support and your testimonial. Do check out https://peek.money/, it's the best personal net worth tracker I've used. They are using wisp to power their content for their customer internally. Disclaimer: We are both customers of each other product ❤️
Walid Taleb
Congratulations on the launch 🚀 Will definitely try it out with the team!
Raymond Yeh
Maker
Thanks @walid_taleb for the support. Lmk your thoughts and am happy to help if you meet any problems!
Kyrylo Silin
Hey Raymond, How does Wisp handle SEO optimization compared to more established CMS platforms? Congrats on the launch!
Raymond Yeh
Maker
Hey @kyrylosilin, we return all the metadata you need for an optimized web page. In addition, a few of our customers are using static builds to maximize the page loading speed too! We have also a template for customers to fork to have an optimized blog from the get-go: https://github.com/Wisp-CMS/next... Will be releasing a new one soon that is more suitable for corporate blogs!
Yang Lei (Raymond)
Congrats on the launch! Very impressive! Tried the editor and I’m immediately signing up. My personal blog was due for an update now, gonna try it and report back!
Raymond Yeh
Maker
Thanks @yang_lei_raymond for the support. Looking forward to your work!
Builders Jam
Great product @raymond_yeh! As a solo developer this is something I am looking for, to work seamlessly with my nextjs app! Definitely a big win for developers that want to start content writing on their own domain easily.
Raymond Yeh
Maker
Thank you @builders_jam for the support! Glad to meet another solo developer here. Lmk how's the experience, I'm also available for help if you are stuck!
Admond Lee
As a newsletter/blog writer myself, the last thing I want to do is to manage my content. Super excited to have Wisp to finally solve these problems. Congrats for the launch @raymond_yeh ! 🔥🚀
Raymond Yeh
Maker
Thanks for your support @admond_lee. Means the world! Admond is the man behind Runway Venture: https://www.therunway.ventures/. Check out his newsletter where he takes deep dives into startup failures!
Admond Lee
@raymond_yeh thanks for the shoutout! 🙏🏻
Richard Song
Amazing launch, @raymond_yeh! The focus on simplicity and speed is exactly what busy founders need. The contextual CTAs feature sounds intriguing—can you share more about how it works and any success stories from users who have implemented it? Looking forward to trying Wisp out!
Raymond Yeh
Maker
Hey @renchu_song, thanks for the support. The contextual CTA is a rather new feature and there are no other live examples of it yet. I 'm working on a code snippet library so that it's much easier to implement. If you have a use case I'm happy to work alongside your team to test it out (yes we are that early). Ps. See this https://www.wisp.blog/blog/ill-b... 😉
Yiraika Bacchi
I knew a few teams struggling with content management who would benefit from Wisp CMS. I’ll definitely pass this along to them!
Raymond Yeh
Maker
Yes that will be awesome @yiraika_bacchi! Thank you for the support. If they face any issue, just let me know I'm happy to work it out with them!
Quy Tang
Congrats on the launch! For a new CMS this packs many impressive features. Gonna try it out, the NextJS template is neat.
Raymond Yeh
Maker
Thanks @qtangs for always supporting my work. It means a lot to me. Lmk if there's anything specific I can help you with!
Germán Merlo
Hey Raymond! This is super cool. Loved that part that says 'Don't let silly markdown document distract you from telling your stories' cause it's true. I found many creators dealing with tech issues instead of focusing on storytelling. Glad to see you on this. Really congrats!
Raymond Yeh
Maker
Hi @german_merlo1, thanks for the kind words and support!
Samuel Lye
This looks amazing Raymond and am excited to see this make integrating blogging features on websites much easier 🔥🔥 Integration wise looks super simple so can't wait to use it!
Raymond Yeh
Maker
Thanks @samuellye98 for your support! ❤️❤️❤️