New: AI-first fastCMS
The lightning-fast CMS that writes your blog for you.
Type one keyword. fastCMS researches the niche, plans the whole blog, writes and illustrates every article and publishes on schedule. It all runs on your own hosting and loads as fast as a static site.
- One-time price
- Self-hosted
- No database to set up
- Works fully by hand too
sourdough baking for beginners
Build my blog- The complete beginner's guide to sourdoughPublished
- How to make a sourdough starter from scratchPublished
- Why is my sourdough dense? 9 fixesWriting
- The best flour for sourdough breadScheduled Tue
- Sourdough discard recipes you'll actually useScheduled Thu
15 of 24 articles written, with imagesWriting cost ≈ $1.68
1 keywordto a planned, written, illustrated blog
~7¢per 2,000-word article with Claude Sonnet
0databases to create: one SQLite file
2 mininstaller, then a Get started checklist
Still the fast CMS
Fast was always the point. It still is.
fastCMS earned its name with perfect PageSpeed scores. Version 2 adds AI to the admin side without adding weight to the pages your visitors load.
- Static page cache served by Apache. Most visitors get ready-made HTML; PHP doesn't even start.
- Vanilla PHP 8.2. No framework, no Composer, no build step, nothing to go out of date.
- A single-file SQLite database. Nothing to create in cPanel, and backups are one download.
- Responsive WebP images in several sizes, so phones load small files.
Visitor→Apache→Cached HTML
Most requests stop here: a plain file from disk, no PHP, no database.
Cache miss→PHP 8.2→SQLite file
Only the first visit after a change builds the page, then it's cached again.
How it works
From empty hosting to a growing blog
About half an hour of your time. The rest happens in the background, day and night.
Upload & install
Unzip, upload to any PHP 8.2 + Apache host, open your site. The installer checks your server and says exactly what to fix.
Connect an AI
Paste a key for Claude (recommended), Gemini or DeepSeek. A monthly budget cap means no surprise bills.
Type one keyword
The AI researches the niche and proposes names, categories and a topical map of 10 to 60 articles. You review and trim.
Build & grow
It writes, illustrates and schedules every article. Later, Search Console shows what to improve and AI refreshes it.
AI first, never AI only
Full automation, or as much as you want
Choose how much the AI does, per plan. Switch any time.
Autopilot
It runs the blog
Articles are written, illustrated and published on your schedule. With one cron job it keeps going while your browser is closed.
Co-pilot
You approve each one
The AI writes, articles wait in Pending, and nothing goes live until you've read it and clicked Publish.
Manual
You write, AI helps
A clean editor with content types, rewrite, expand, shorten and grammar tools, plus revision history. Or use it with no AI key at all.
Everything included
One app for the whole job
AI Autopilot
Plan a whole blog from one keyword, then write, illustrate and schedule it.
3 AI providers
Claude, Gemini or DeepSeek, with quality presets and cost estimates.
Images
AI images, free Unsplash and Pexels photos, and AI alt text. All WebP.
18 themes
6 built in and 12 free downloads, with a live customizer. Switch any time.
Monetization
Ad slots, AdSense Auto ads, affiliate short links and email sign-ups.
Growth
Search Console insights and "Refresh with AI" for articles near page one.
Safe by design
Encrypted API keys, restore points and an undo for every AI plan.
1-click updates
Checksummed updates with an automatic backup and rollback.
Themes
18 looks, one click apart
Preview any theme on your own content, set your colours and fonts, then make it live.
Larder
Best for: Food, recipes, baking, drinks, home and gardenDownload Larder · v1.0.0, 45 KB
Pulse
Best for: News, tech, gaming, reviews and cultureDownload Pulse · v1.0.0, 79 KBYour next blog can write itself.
Upload, install in two minutes, type a keyword. fastCMS does the rest, as fast as a static site.