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EmDash is a full-stack TypeScript CMS based on Astro; the spiritual successor to WordPress

Is emdash-cms/emdash beginner-friendly?

In the last 30 days, emdash-cms/emdash merged 173 of 249 pull requests from outside contributors, and its maintainers usually reply within 1 day. 27 beginner-friendly issues are open now.

Stars
13.4k
Forks
1.3k
Open beginner issues
27
Indexed issues
179
Avg merge
1d 12h
Merged PRs (30d)
500
Dominant language
TypeScript
License
MIT
Last GitHub push
Oct 4, 2026
Latest indexed
Oct 4, 2026
Contributing guide
No contributing guide
Code of conduct
No code of conduct
Beginner labels
No beginner labels indexed

How to contribute to emdash-cms/emdash

  1. There is no contributing guide, so start from the README and a few recently merged pull requests to see how changes are proposed.
  2. Your contributions will be published under the project's MIT license.
  3. Pick one of the 27 open beginner-friendly issues below and comment that you want to work on it before you start.

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