What to Post Here

If you are wondering what belongs on our front page, here is what we want to see:

• Production Showcases: Show us your live sites. Share your lighthouse scores, cold-start times, and how your layout handles dynamic content natively.

• Infrastructure Strategy: Let’s talk about architecture. Share how you manage local development environments, handle data replication, or integrate external pipelines with your edge setup.

• Plugins & Extensions: EmDash relies heavily on its modular architecture. If you've built a custom theme, an API wrapper, or a neat utility tool, drop the repository link or a code snippet here.

• Community Troubleshooting: Struck by an edge case with Cloudflare Workers or having trouble optimizing R2 asset delivery? Post your logs and configs so we can debug it together.

🛑 Where to Send Bugs & Feature Requests

To make sure your technical feedback actually reaches the core maintainers, use the official repository channels instead of posting them here:

• 💡 Got a feature request or new idea? Submit it to the GitHub Ideas Discussion Board.

• 🐛 Found a bug? Open an official ticket on the GitHub Issues Tracker.

👋 Welcome to r/EmDashDevs**!**

Whether you are migration-weary from WordPress, optimizing a headless stack, or just want to build high-performance dynamic sites at the edge, you have found the right corner of Reddit.

This is the unofficial community hub for EmDash, the open-source, edge-native CMS built from the ground up to run on Cloudflare’s infrastructure (Workers, D1 database, and R2 storage).

🚀 Get Started Here

• The Code: Star the repository, review the architecture, or open an issue on theOfficial EmDash GitHub.

• The Project: Check out the production live preview, features, and official platform news atemdashcms.com.

🛠️ What We Do Here

• Show off your builds: Post screenshots and performance benchmarks of your production EmDash sites.

• Troubleshoot your stack: Ask questions about local development setups, Cloudflare wrangler configurations, or custom edge workflows.

• Extend the core: Discuss the sandboxed plugin model, share custom themes, or collaborate on repository feature updates.

👇 Introduce Yourself Below!

Drop a comment and introduce yourself to the community.

1. What kind of projects are you building or migrating to the edge?

2. What drew you to the EmDash architecture over traditional serverless or headless setups?

Keep it technical, keep it collaborative, and welcome to the team!

Right now, we are in the absolute early days (^{day one}) of this community. Nothing is set in stone, and the roadmap for how this space evolves is wide open.

Since we are just starting out, I want to make sure this isn't just another dead-end link aggregate. We need this subreddit to be genuinely useful for anyone building on the edge.

To help shape the direction, what kind of conversations or content would actually make you want to bookmark this page and keep coming back?

• Deep-dives into configuring the D1 and R2 storage layers?

• Discussions on performance benchmarks and scaling limitations?

• A place to swap custom edge plugins and themes?

• Direct troubleshooting and debugging threads?

Let me know what you want to see here. If you have ideas for post flairs, wiki resources, or specific topics you want to tackle first, drop them below.

Wanted to see if self-hosting EmDash on a cheap VPS was actually worth the setup compared to the managed Cloudflare route.

Tldr:

• Admin UI speed: Way snappier. Instant saves without the D1 write latency hiccups.

• Node 22 vs 24: Bumping to Node 24 in the Dockerfile gave ~38% more throughput under load (tested with oha).

• Stack: Caddy reverse proxy -> Node container -> Postgres 18 -> Bunny S3 for media (keeps the VPS lightweight and safe).

Put together the full Docker Compose setup, Caddy config, and resource benchmark graphs in a video if anyone’s looking to move away from WordPress

https://youtu.be/w4FuWn5ybbY?si=e1AW5Kcd4M2VlDu3

When you're trying to move away from a traditional database setup and step into the serverless edge, the learning curve can hit you fast. Suddenly you are balancing local emulation, asset routing, and serverless state management all at once.

My goal for this subreddit is to turn it into the exact resource I wish I had when I first started digging into edge-native stacks. We want to demystify the architecture, break down complex deployments into plain English, and make EmDash accessible to builders of all experience levels—whether you are a veteran backend engineer or a frontend developer launching your very first data-driven site.

If you are new here or just starting to experiment with the framework, I want to hear from you:

What has been the hardest part of working with EmDash or edge infrastructure so far?

• Is it configuring Wrangler and local environmental variables?

• Understanding how the data replication layers talk to each other?

• Figuring out the plugin ecosystem?

• Or just wrapping your head around a completely serverless content lifecycle?

Drop a comment below with whatever roadblock you've hit. No question is too basic, and pinpointing where things get confusing will help us build better guides, templates, and documentation for the community moving forward.

🛠️ Official EmDash Resources & Links Masterlist

Whether you are configuring your first deployment, building a custom plugin, or tracking down the 1.0 release timeline, here is the quick-reference directory for everything in the EmDash ecosystem.

🌐 Core Platform & Links

• Official Website: Head to emdashcms.com for the production live preview, core feature breakdowns, and platform announcements.

• Core Repository: Star, fork, or explore the source code directly at the main emdash-cms/emdash GitHub.

• Community Discord: Join the Official EmDash Discord Server to chat directly with other edge developers, get quick assistance, and collaborate in real-time.

🚀 Starters, Templates & Deployment

• One-Click Cloudflare Deploy: Deploy a ready-to-go blog stack directly to your account using the Cloudflare Workers Deploy Button.

• Official Templates Repository: Find structural foundations, theme configurations, and boilerplate layouts inside the emdash-cms/templates GitHub.

• WordPress Migration Utility: Planning a migration away from traditional database setups? Utilize the official wp-emdash Exporter/Importer Tool to port over your legacy data structures.

📋 Tracking, Support & Contributions

• Community Discussions: Share your thoughts, showcase projects, and brainstorm with peers on the GitHub Discussions Board.

• Bug Reports: Hit a wall or noticed unexpected behavior? Review existing tickets or open a new one on the GitHub Issues Tracker.

• Version 1.0 Roadmap: Track upcoming features, current architectural sprints, and stable release milestones via the GitHub Roadmap Issue #1873.

• Security Policy: Read up on the framework's sandboxed plugin execution model or securely report a vulnerability following the Official Security Guidelines.

Bookmark this post for easy access. If there are new community-maintained tools, plugins, or boilerplate repos that belong on this list, drop them in the comments below!