Community Update | Dec 24

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Hello Silex Community,

This month, Silex has reached 28,000 accounts created on v3, with an ever-growing and active community. In this edition, discover the latest updates, such as the integration with CapRover and a feature request to enable forkable websites and templates.

Thank you for your support and commitment to growing Silex!

Try Silex now: v3.silex.me

Yours freely,
Alex Hoyau

🌟 Website of the Month: AFEF Congress

This month, we highlight the website of the AFEF Congress, created for the 95th Scientific Days of the French Association for the Study of the Liver (AFEF). Optimized for performance and eco-design, it achieves impressive scores: 96 Performance, 95 Accessibility, 96 Best Practices, 92 SEO.

Check it out here: www.congres-afef.com

🚀 Updates: CapRover Integration

Silex is now integrated with CapRover, thanks to Olivier's work. This makes it easy for web designers and agencies to self-host Silex with custom configurations or connected CMS solutions like WordPress, Squidex, or Strapi.

At Internet 2000, we use this approach to host Silex, our CMS, and GitLab on carbon-neutral or negative-impact servers. Olivier is also working on integrating Silex with YunoHost (yunohost.org), making self-hosting even simpler.

To use this integration, access your CapRover instance and look for Silex in the available applications.

🌐 Community News: Excitement and Contributions

Silex has now reached 28,000 accounts created and 2,300 stars on GitHub! To go further, we need contributions—big or small—to continue improving this free software.

Contribute to the project: Join the contributors team

🔧 Feature Request of the Month: Forkable Websites and Templates

The Web was originally designed as a space for collaboration, not just a platform for publishing finished work. This feature aims to bring that vision to Silex by making it easy to share websites as starting points for new projects.

When publishing a site in Silex, you could check an option to make it "forkable." This would add the site’s source file (website.json) to the root of the published site, containing everything needed for Silex to open and edit it: layout, styles, assets, and more. Additional features could include:

• A license, such as Creative Commons.

• A list of authors, updated as others fork the site.

• Proper credit to the original source.

You could also tag your GitLab repository to make it appear in a "Templates" section in the Silex dashboard, allowing others to easily find and build upon your work.

This feature wouldn’t fork the CMS part of a website (e.g., WordPress or Strapi)—it would focus only on the Silex-generated content.

Vote and share your thoughts: roadmap.silex.me

❓ FAQ: Hosting and Custom Domains with Silex

Silex integrates with solutions like GitLab Pages or Netlify, allowing you to publish your site for free and configure a custom domain. These options provide flexibility and professional capabilities for your projects.

Learn more: FAQ Silex

Thank you for reading and for supporting Silex. See you next month for more updates!