A headless CMS you run yourself with an AI assistant that asks before it acts
Edit your website by clicking it
Stage
MVP
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Founded
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Based in
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US
Pricing model
Open source
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Pricing
Free in MIT core. After 1.0, Team plan includes 10 members at $3 each additional member; Enterprise is unlimited.
Open source: $0. Kiln Cloud: $4.99 a month per site. Kiln Cloud + hosting: $14.99 a month per site. All paid plans include 7 days free with no card required.
Key features
Content types defined in TypeScript that generate PostgreSQL tables
Built-in AI assistant with permission controls and approval requests
Multi-language support with shared fields and per-language translations
REST and GraphQL APIs with same permissions and token
Publication approval workflows requiring N approvals before publishing
Content alarms that flag issues without blocking saves
Media library with folders, alt text, and five storage backends
Webhooks with signed deliveries and automatic retries
Version history with full entry snapshots and restore capability
Separate workspaces for different brands or clients in one installation
Click-to-edit text on any page
Image swap and description editing
Photo galleries with full-screen viewer
Event calendar and list editor
Team member management
Draft and schedule changes
Full version history and undo
Mobile-responsive editor
Works without PHP or database
API for custom integrations
What makes it different
Every feature included in MIT core with no paid-only features
Data and files stay on your own infrastructure, nothing calls home
AI assistant respects permissions and asks for approval before changes
Plugins architecture means every capability uses your own public contract
No infrastructure requirements beyond PostgreSQL and Node.js
Files stay in your own GitHub repository; nothing is locked in Kiln
Open source and free to run on your own accounts
No PHP, database or plugins means no security vulnerabilities to patch
Simple exit: delete two script tags and the site keeps working
Editors sign in with Google; they don't need GitHub accounts
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