webiny/webiny-js

Project overview

Webiny is a self-hosted, TypeScript-based CMS framework designed for enterprise teams needing native multi-tenancy and AWS serverless scaling. It requires an AWS account and programmatic coding to extend the platform via lifecycle hooks and GraphQL schema modifications.

Project type

MCP · Infrastructure

Deployment

Refer to project documentation

License

License pending

Best for

• Enterprise developer and operations teams who require native multi-tenancy and AWS serverless scaling inside their own cloud account.
• Developers needing to build custom CMS functionality through code using TypeScript lifecycle hooks and GraphQL schema extensions.

Key capabilities

• Provides a TypeScript framework featuring lifecycle hooks, dependency injection, GraphQL schema extensions, admin UI extension points, and infrastructure extensions.
• Ships an MCP server and AI skills that give AI coding agents deep context about the platform's architecture, extension points, and patterns to scaffold code automatically.

Limitations and risks

• Running the software requires an active AWS account with programmatic access, which will incur standard AWS infrastructure costs for compute and storage resources.
• The framework has a hard setup difficulty and requires TypeScript coding capabilities, making it inaccessible for teams without dedicated development resources.
• The platform only runs on AWS. It does not support deployments to Google Cloud, Azure, or on-premises infrastructure.

Getting started

• Project initialization is classified as hard and requires coding knowledge. Users must provision an AWS account with programmatic access before beginning the setup process.
• Users can start by running 'npx create-webiny-project my-project', navigating into the directory with 'cd my-project', and executing 'yarn webiny deploy' to provision the infrastructure.

Evidence and sources

• GitHub project description: Open-source, self-hosted CMS platform on AWS serverless (Lambda, DynamoDB, S3).
• README: Built as a TypeScript framework you extend with code, not a closed product you configure through a UI.
• README: Multi-Tenancy — Native tenant isolation (data, users, assets, permissions) from a single deployment.
• README: yarn webiny deploy
• README: All provisioned automatically via Pulumi IaC

Reviewed at: 2026-07-18T05:43:47Z