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cockpit

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What is cockpit?

Replaces heavy CMS installations with a lightweight API-first backend. Provides a schema-less JSON storage system with a PHP-based admin interface.

Tech Stack
JavaScriptFrontend & Headless CMS

Why cockpit?

  • • Low resource footprint
  • • Simple JSON API
  • • Database flexibility

Limitations

  • • Smaller community
  • • Limited plugin ecosystem
  • • PHP dependency
3/5/2026
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