0.0.2-alpha.72 · 27 Oct 2026Release notes

Open-source CMS and Visual Page Builder for Next.js

It runs inside your own Next.js app, on your own PostgreSQL or MySQL database.

Terminal

TypeScript · Self-hosted · MIT · PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite · 0.0.2-alpha.72

The Visual Page Builder in the Nextly admin: a product-updates page on the canvas, with its heading selected and the Style tab showing its typography.

Try Nextly here, before you install it.

Pick a tour. Each one is a short, hands-on illustration of the product, and nothing here is saved.

An illustration of the Visual Page BuilderAn illustration of the Visual Page Builder’s panels, stacked to fit a small screen nothing is saved

The builder itself needs a window at least 1280 pixels wide.

Step 1 of 6Step 1 of 5

Show
Published

Adds at the end of the page

content

media

interactive

Start here: add a Button

Six of the core blocks, to try.

Product updates

What shipped this month, what is scheduled next, and the thinking behind it.

Build a page from the 20 core blocks. A block’s supports decides which style controls the Visual Page Builder offers for it.

npx create-nextly-app@alpha my-app
Read the quick start

A Next.js CMS that lives inside your app

Nextly runs in your Next.js app, on your own PostgreSQL or MySQL database. Read content straight from your database in your page code (the Direct API), or over REST.

Model
Model content in TypeScript or in the Visual Schema Builder. Both feed the same Nextly runtime, admin and APIs. The Visual Schema Builder runs on your development instance. Limits
Types
nextly generate:types writes types for the collections, singles and field groups in your config.
Access
Role-based permissions for each collection and action, plus field-level read and write rules in code, on a collection’s or single’s fields, fields inside field groups included. The Direct API runs as trusted server code and skips access rules unless you pass overrideAccess: false.
Extend
Official plugins: Visual Page Builder, SEO and Form Builder. Write your own with the alpha plugin SDK; parts are marked experimental, so pin exact versions.
Read the docs
// nextly.config.ts
import { defineCollection, defineConfig, richText, text } from "nextly/config";

const Posts = defineCollection({
  slug: "posts",
  admin: { useAsTitle: "title" },
  fields: [
    text({ name: "title", required: true }),
    text({ name: "slug", required: true, unique: true }),
    richText({ name: "content" }),
  ],
  status: true,
});

export default defineConfig({ collections: [Posts] });

What ships in 0.0.2-alpha.72, and where it stops

Each line links to the docs page that states its limits.

All features

Recently shipped

What changed in the last three releases.

  1. 0.0.2-alpha.72

  2. 0.0.2-alpha.71

  3. 0.0.2-alpha.70

Milestone

Part of the Vercel Open Source Program.

Milestone

In our test on Nextly 0.0.2-alpha.67, Claude Code and Codex each set up a working Nextly project from an empty folder, from a plain request and the public docs. Working with agents

Full changelog

Questions

What is Nextly?

Nextly is an open-source content platform for Next.js. It runs inside your own Next.js app, on your own PostgreSQL or MySQL database, or SQLite for local work. What Nextly is, in full.

Is Nextly free?

Nextly is MIT licensed and self-hosted. MIT today, and no decision yet about paid offerings. What Nextly costs.

Can I use it in production?

Nextly is in alpha. APIs may change before 1.0. Pin exact versions in production. What alpha means here.

What do I need?

Node.js 22.12+ or 24+ (Node 24 LTS recommended), Next.js 16 with the App Router, React 19, and PostgreSQL 15+, MySQL 8+ or SQLite 3.38+ for local work.

Can a coding agent set it up?

Every new Nextly project ships with an AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md written for coding agents. In our test on 0.0.2-alpha.67, Claude Code and Codex each set up a working project from an empty folder.

How does it compare with Payload, Strapi or Sanity?

We keep dated comparisons that say where Nextly fits. See the compare pages.