LOona

Tiny CMS and Homepage Maker

  • Copyright © 2007, Timm S. Müller
  • Copyright © 2003-2006 The Kepler Project
  • LOona is released under the terms of the free MIT software license, see also copyright notice.

About

LOona is halfway between a WIKI and a Content Management System (CMS) for managing website content. It is small, fast and extensible and written in the Lua language with security, robustness and a small resource footprint in mind. It requires no database, as pages are dynamically generated from plain text in the filesystem or rendered to HTML pages when a profile gets published. In this way, website content can be created using a browser and a text editor in a similar fashion. LOona uses its own WIKI-like markup notation, but unlike a WIKI, its site structure is hierarchical.

When running out of the box, LOona is a tool for producing sites for small projects and businesses. Using its extension facility, it can be employed for applications of all kinds; for example, LOona has recently been tailored to a telephony system under resource-constrained conditions.

LOona was originally created during an employment at the LSE Leading Security Experts GmbH, and thanks to LSE's friendly support, it has been continued as an Open Source effort.

Selected features

  • Any number of text bodies, news boxes, etc.
  • Several users can modify a site at the same time
  • Different versions of a site can be edited without disturbing the published content
  • Sites can be multilingual and automatically detect the browser-preferred language
  • Full Unicode support, localized interfaces (English and German locales are included)
  • Non-varying website content is automatically rolled out to static pages and served right off the filesystem
  • Can restrict site modifications to HTTPS connections
  • Supports an extension mechanism for easy embedding of site-specific features, such as site search, contact forms, splash screens, prompts to accept a disclaimer, news, guestbooks and database-driven content

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