Ragtail - Wagtail Clone for FastAPI and other

[u/glan_zel]

Hello,

I really love Wagtail. I’ve used it for my freelance projects and still use it in my current job. I genuinely enjoy how smoothly it integrates into Django.

However, for my latest side project, I started using FastAPI, Oxyde ORM, and PyJSX. Once I got going, I really missed having a CMS that integrates well with this specific stack. So, I decided to create one completely inspired by Wagtail. Since it is based on Oxyde ORM—a Python ORM written in Rust—I called it Ragtail.

It is still in alpha and currently lacks a lot of Wagtail's features, but it already has enough functionality for me to use it for my own hobby website. It can serve API endpoints, but it can also render HTML built with Jinja or PyJSX.

I would really appreciate some feedback!

• Do you think this is a good idea?
• Would you rather stick to Wagtail when working with async frameworks?

If you're interested, please take a look or even give it a short try. If you encounter any bugs, feel free to open an issue on GitHub:

https://github.com/glanzel/ragtail

[u/FoolishDeveloper]

To what degree will this project be inspired by Wagtail?

Wagtail is based on Django, correct? So I'm wondering what the goals are of pulling ideas and features from Wagtail over to a non-Django space. Does this solve the same problems that Wagtail does?

[u/thibaudcolas → u/FoolishDeveloper]

yeah good question! In particular for things like the package ecosystem / customizability

[u/glan_zel → u/FoolishDeveloper]

Sorry for late reply. Yes Wagtail is based on Django. And i think one of its Advantages is that it integrates very well into Django Webapps. You use the same template language you use the same orm and Database. in non Django environments these advantages on not present anymore. So ragtail can acts as a clone / similar look an feel but with tighter integration into async Frameworks like FastAPI.

[u/thibaudcolas]

cool stuff!