Deliver Web Apps & Websites up to 4x Faster

SonicJs is changing the way web apps are built. Our 100% open source, free forever low code Node.js based platform helps you build anything at the speed of sound.

SonicJs includes a full featured content management system (CMS) and GraphQL API.

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Empowering developers from fast paced companies

What is SonicJs?

Node.js CMS

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Low Code App Framework

Dynamic Content
Manage all site content from the admin or in-line editor
Page Builder
Manage content position and layout with drag and drop UI
Form Builder
All data entry forms are automagically generated
Content Types
Manage custom content types with the Form Builder UI
Field Types
Extend the 20+ form field types to customize content types
Security
User/Role/ACL management with token based authentication
Themes
100% control of your site’s theme via the online editor or using your IDE
Modules
Extend core CMS functionality and other modules for true extensibility
Headless CMS
100% GraphQL based API can be used for Angular, React, Vue, Mobile, IoT

Online Demo

Take a quick peak at SonicJs

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Next Steps...

Setup takes < 3 minutes

$ git clone https://github.com/lane711/sonicjs
$ cd sonicjs
$ npm install
$ npm start
Evaluate SonicJs using SQLite - no database setup required. You can easily migrate to a supported database later using the backup/restore feature.

Next check out the getting started section.

What can SonicJs do for you?

SonicJs vs. Custom Development

SonicJs is your new secret weapon, slashing development effort by up to 40%

The comparison table below shows benefits of starting a development project with the SonicJs platform versus starting from scratch.

Custom Development SonicJs Platform
Advanced UX/UI
Integrations With Other Services/Platforms
CRUD Operations
API Development
Caching
Data Entry Forms
Content Management Tools
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Goals and Motivation

Open Source and Free Forever

The vision behind SonicJs is to create a Node.js based CMS with the flexibility of Drupal and the front end editing capabilities of some of WordPress’ top page builder plugins. The audience for this CMS project in order of precedence are:

  • Web Developers
  • Web Designers
  • Site Builders (Non-technical)

SonicJs enables developers to build complex web applications, not just websites with the goal of cutting down development time by providing basic core functionality similar on most web application projects.

Modules are built (using Javascript / Node.js) or added from the community repository. This allows the system to be extended not only in meeting custom requirements but also the alteration of core functionality (Similar to Drupal).

The primary goal of SonicJs is to build a Node.js based CMS that is truly modular and flexible, yet with a relatively low learning curve.

If you would like to learn more about the "Why" and driving principals of SonicJs, please visit the about page.

Why Sonic?

Video Demos

Looking for a quick overview? Check out our 4 part overview + demo series. Total video time is less than 30 minutes:

  1. Tech stack, project motivation and principals and about SonicJs' creator.
  2. Website end result - review the features of SonicJs.com before we see "how" it was built.
  3. Backend Admin Console - we'll explore the backend management section including content management, menu management, content type management, etc.
  4. Front End Editing - we'll explore editing your content in an intuitive and visual manner using point and click + drag and drop capabilities.

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SonicJs Needs Your Help!

We need developer feedback as we work towards our official big 1.0 release. If you find this project promising, please click the button below to star our repo on GitHub now. Thank you for your support!

Latest Showcase

Kevant Technologies chose SonicJs

Kevant Technologies, a custom development consulting agency choose SonicJs as the Node.js based CMS for their customer facing website.

SonicJs enabled Kevant's design team to implement their design with minimal friction. A few of the features explored in Kevant's SonicJs implementation are:

  • Custom Bootstrap 5 theme
  • Highly customized contact form
  • Theme level section overrides
  • Theme level modules overrides
  • Drag & Drop page builder
  • Custom analytics
  • Custom content types
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