Back from vacation! Open Beta is LIVE: Test NextBlock CMS and claim a $500/yr Lifetime License 🚀
Hey Dev.to! 👋 We’re back from vacation and ready to ship! NextBlock CMS is officially opening its OPEN BETA today. 🚀 NextBlock is an open-core (AGPL), full-stack alternative to WordPress built on Next.js 16, Supabase, Tailwind, and Tiptap. It runs on strict PostgreSQL JSONB storage to achieve 100/100 Lighthouse performance by default without raw HTML sanitization overhead. We are calling on developers, builders, and agency owners to jump in and try to break our architecture. We want your hones
Hey Dev.to! 👋
We’re back from vacation and ready to ship! NextBlock CMS is officially opening its OPEN BETA today. 🚀
NextBlock is an open-core (AGPL), full-stack alternative to WordPress built on Next.js 16, Supabase, Tailwind, and Tiptap. It runs on strict PostgreSQL JSONB storage to achieve 100/100 Lighthouse performance by default without raw HTML sanitization overhead.
We Need Your "Breaker" Feedback 🧪
We are calling on developers, builders, and agency owners to jump in and try to break our architecture. We want your honest feedback on:
- 🐛 Bugs (Hydration errors, edge route glitches, editor quirks)
- 💡 Missing Features (Custom widgets, developer tooling, schema hooks)
- ⚡ Optimizations (Database queries, bundle size, caching adjustments)
🎁 The Reward: Lifetime Free Premium Licenses ($500/yr Value)
To show our gratitude, every developer who tests NextBlock and drops feedback in our GitHub Discussions or Discord will get a LIFETIME FREE LICENSE for our Premium Packages:
- E-Commerce: Stripe physical goods + Freemius digital licensing + multi-currency auto-tax sync.
- Cortex AI: BYOK OpenRouter agentic JSONB block generation & DB querying.
🚀 Try It Right Now:
- Instant Sandbox: nextblock.dev (Resets every 15 mins)
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Terminal CLI:
npx create-nextblock - GitHub Repo: github.com/nextblock-cms/nextblock
Drop your feedback in the comments below, on GitHub, or in our Discord! Let's build the ultimate DevX together. 🧱
