Version 3 🎉

[elemdos]

Pala CMS V3

The first stable version of Pala CMS, 7 years in the making 🎉

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What's New in V3

Self-Hosted Architecture

• PocketBase Backend - Run Pala on your own infrastructure with a single Go binary
• Monolithic Deployment - Ship as a single Docker image
• Your Data, Your Control - No vendor lock-in or external dependencies

Content System

• Custom Page Types - Create flexible content structures for blogs, products, team pages, and more
• Dynamic Content Fields - Site fields, page fields, and relational content that updates across pages
• Conditional Fields - Show/hide fields based on other field values
• Block & Starter Library - Reusable components and starter templates

Editor Experience

• Real-time Collaboration - Multiple users editing simultaneously
• Enhanced On-page Editing - More intuitive visual editing
• Improved Drag & Drop - Better block placement with mobile support
• Better Content Organization - Drag to reorder pages and content items
• Refined Block Editor - Cleaner separation between code and content
• Design System Editor - Built-in tools for managing your site's design tokens

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Technical Changes

Architecture

• Renamed from "Primo" to "Pala CMS"
• Backend rearchitected from Supabase/Serverless to PocketBase Monolith (Go)
• Database moved from SQL schema to PocketBase migrations

Frontend Stack

• Svelte 4 → Svelte 5 (runes syntax)
• SvelteKit 1.x → SvelteKit 2.x
• Tailwind CSS 3 → Tailwind CSS 4
• Custom components → bits-ui
• CodeMirror 6 with Svelte language support
• TipTap 3.x for rich text editing
• Pragmatic drag-and-drop

Build & Compilation

• Browser-based Rollup (@rollup/browser)
• Server-side compilation options
• Pages compile to static HTML

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Roadmap

• Internationalization
• Framework integration (Next.js, SvelteKit, Astro)
• AI block generation
• Local development tools & CLI
• Marketplace for community blocks and starters
• Plugin API

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Huge thanks to @joas8211 for helping get this across the finish line, couldn't have done it without him.

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