Why We Built Nexus Content
The story behind creating a modern, multi-site content management system with developer-first principles.
Nexus Content Team
October 26, 2025
3 min read
The Problem
Managing content across multiple websites is painful. Traditional CMSs are either too bloated or too simple. We needed something in between - powerful yet elegant.
Our Solution
Nexus Content is a headless CMS built for developers who want:
- Multi-site management - One CMS, many websites
- API-first architecture - RESTful API with rate limiting and CDN caching
- Modern tech stack - Next.js 15, Prisma ORM, TypeScript, TipTap editor
- Type safety - Full TypeScript autocomplete on all database operations
Key Features
Built with production-ready features from day one:
- Rich text editor with search, tables, code blocks
- Document export (PDF, DOCX, Markdown, HTML)
- Soft delete with recovery
- API key authentication and rate limiting
- Row-level security with Clerk authentication
We're using Nexus Content to power our own blog, FAQ, and legal pages. That's dogfooding done right.
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