minos

I built this because I was sick of WordPress. I wanted something that is actually fast and secure.

This is a custom CMS designed for performance. It uses a Rust backend with Axum and SQLx for type-safe reliability, and a React frontend with Tailwind for a clean, responsive UI.

No bloated plugins. No security nightmares. Just raw speed and control.

You get a full admin dashboard to manage tutorials, pages, and posts. It runs on SQLite so deployment is simple and backups are just file copies.

If you care about performance and want a CMS that doesn't get hacked every other week, this is for you.

Tech Stack

• Backend: Rust, Axum, SQLx
• Frontend: React 18, Vite, TailwindCSS
• Database: SQLite

Quick Start

1. Clone the repo.
2. cd backend and cargo run.
3. npm install and npm run dev.
4. Go to localhost:5173.

Login with the credentials in your .env file.

Deployment behind a reverse proxy

When the backend runs behind a reverse proxy (nginx, Caddy, the bundled Docker Compose setup, ...), you must set TRUST_PROXY_IP_HEADERS=true. Otherwise the backend strips the X-Forwarded-* headers and sees every visitor with the proxy's IP address — which means IP-based rate limits (login throttling, guest comment limits) apply globally to all visitors instead of per client.

Only set this when the proxy is trusted and overwrites the forwarding headers itself; with a direct internet-facing deployment leave it false so clients cannot spoof their IP. See .env.example for the related ENABLE_HSTS and AUTH_COOKIE_SECURE settings.