Show HN: Minimalist Blog Template on Next.js 14

https://github.com/Wisp-CMS/nextjs-blog-cms-wisp

A Next.js 14 Blog using Server Components - Backed by Wisp CMS

Demo Travel Blog on Next.js 14

Deploy with Vercel

Featured Links

This is a Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Shadcn blogging starter template. This version is using Next.js 14 App Router with React Server Components and uses Wisp for publishing blog posts.

Probably the most feature-rich Next.js blog template out there that is easily configurable and customizable. It's perfect as an upgrade from blogs using Jekyll, Hugo, Gatsby, Contentlayer, or ContentCollections.

About Wisp

Wisp is a modern CMS for adding blogs to websites. It features an intuitive, medium-like editorial experience so that you can focus on writing instead of getting distracted by markdown.

Features

  • Beautiful blog starter kit with server rendering using Next.js 14 Server Components
  • Responsive layout for mobile devices
  • Filter blog posts by tags
  • About page
  • Light & dark mode
  • Automatic hierarchical sitemap generation
  • Automatic Open Graph image generation
  • Automatic Related Posts suggestions
  • RSS Feed

Technologies

Step-by-step Video Tutorial

We've now included a 3-part video tutorial to help you run this blog on your computer:

3-part Video Tutorial to Launch Nextjs Blog

Quick Start Guide

First, install the dependencies:

Then, copy the .env.example file to .env:

Note: You will need to populate the NEXT_PUBLIC_BLOG_ID variable with the Blog ID obtained from wisp after you've created an account.

Finally, run the development server:

Open http://localhost:3000 with your browser to see the result.

Getting Help

Full documentation on how to get started on wisp as well as this starter kit is available on wisp's documentation site

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