EmDash: A spiritual successor to WordPress and plugin security

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EmDash is a new TypeScript-based, MIT-licensed CMS built as a spiritual successor to WordPress, aiming to modernize content publishing with serverless architecture and enhanced security.
It solves WordPress's plugin security crisis by running plugins in isolated sandboxes (Dynamic Workers) with explicit capability declarations, preventing unauthorized access and actions.
EmDash supports the x402 payment standard, enabling sites to charge for content access on-demand without subscriptions, catering to the AI era and content creators.
Built on Astro for frontend theming, EmDash offers a familiar framework for developers, with themes that avoid database operations to enhance security.
The CMS is AI-native, featuring Agent Skills, a CLI, and a built-in MCP server for programmatic management, easing migrations and customizations.
It includes pluggable authentication with passkeys by default, role-based access control, and tools for importing WordPress sites, including custom content types.
EmDash runs on serverless platforms like Cloudflare for cost efficiency and scalability, leveraging v8 isolates to scale to zero and bill only for CPU time.
Available as a v0.1.0 preview, it can be deployed on Cloudflare or Node.js servers, with open-source contributions encouraged via GitHub.

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