DEV Community: Guoqi Zheng

Clone Any Website and Edit Anything in Just 1 Minute

Guoqi Zheng — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 07:24:00 +0000

I have developed a super powerful tool for website, e-commerce, and application development. In my opinion, it is so so much better than WordPress. I am looking forward to hearing feedback from the community.

This is the first in a series of articles introducing this tool

Getting Started

Download from github or our website and click to run,

https://www.github.com/kooboo/kooboo

https://www.kooboo.com/downloads

No installation needed, register an account and login.

Clone any website and editing anything directly

Click "New site" on above screen, and enter any URL

Click "Start Clone"

In just 1 or 2 minutes, you can create an exact clone of the original website and have the ability to edit anything directly.

Inline Editing

Kooboo allows you to inline edit anything, whether it is static or dynamic content, text, images, or stylesheets.

To use this feature, go to "Administration" as shown in the screenshot above, click on "Page" in the left menu, select a page, and then click "Inline edit."

You are now at inline edit mode that allows you to click anywhere and change anything directly.

Source Code IDE Editing

The Kooboo development mode grants you access to a full functional web IDE for development, debugging and deployment.

It contains a template engine fully compatible with VueJs Syntax, and allow you to run JavaScript in the server side by env=server tag;

Below sample code read content list from database and display them as a list.


<script env="server">
    var services=k.content.service.all()
</script>
<div env="server" v-for="service in services">
    <span>{{service.title}}</span>
</div>

Dom Tree Editing

Kooboo allow you to edit the entire website like a single Dom Tree. Changes will be updated to multiple pages with the same Dom structure.

After Working Super Hard for 7 Years, We Released the New Kooboo CMS Under the EPL Open Source License Today

Guoqi Zheng — Sat, 20 Jul 2024 16:57:40 +0000

Kooboo is a professional tool specifically designed for website, e-commerce, and application development, featuring a built-in web server, mail server, database engine, template engine, IDE, and many productivity tools. It runs on Mac, Linux, Windows, and the cloud. It is a versatile alternative to WordPress, Joomla, Shopify, Magento, and WIX

Getting Started

You can download Kooboo from Github or from our website. Simply click to run, and it will start in just 2 seconds.

https://www.kooboo.com/downloads

https://github.com/Kooboo/Kooboo

Innovations

Kooboo creates many original innovations. It is the FIRST and ONLY CMS capable of:

Instant Start: Ready in 2 seconds – download, click, and go.

Clone Website: Instantly migrate any URL into Kooboo and start editing

All-in-One: Includes web, mail, database server, and tools for development, debugging, and deployment.

Faster Development: Requires only HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, with no limitations.

Inline Editing: Edit any static or dynamic content directly while browsing.

Super Performance: Renders dynamic pages in just 1 millisecond.

Version Control: Undo and roll back changes to both code and content.

1-click Deployment: Deploy production sites using Git-like pull and push.

Portability: Pack and share sites, modules, or files as zip packages.

Template Versatility: Import any HTML template or clone from any URL.

Develop websites, e-commerce platforms, or applications

Kooboo significantly speeds up website development. For example, displaying content from a database in a list requires just a few lines of code.


<script env="server">
    var services=k.content.service.all()
</script>
<div env="server" v-for="service in services">
    <span>{{service.title}}</span>
</div>

The built-in full-function IDE allows you to develop any web application so much faster

Create a fully dynamic website in just 10 minutes. Click the YouTube video below to see how we do it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKBmljIuXTg

Use Kooboo as Your Own Web or Email Server

Download and host your own Kooboo instance for both web and mail servers

You can easily host 1,000 websites on a single Kooboo instance. The mail server fully supports SMTP and IMAP protocols along with many unique features.

Access 100s of Tools and Applications on Your Desktop or Server

Kooboo integrates many open-source tools, making it easy to use Kooboo as a distribution channel for open-source projects. These tools include:

DrawIO, Excalidraw, Quant UX Prototype, TL Draw canvas, Polotno studio, Variant Form, Grapes page builder, Unlayer page designer, API Test, Paint Board, Toast Image Editor, Json editor, Mermaid Diagram, vvveb js designer, SVG image editor, Block note writer, nunu 3d Studio, Glyphs Font Studio, Pictode Drawing, IDraw UI designer, FileRobot Image editor, Mongo DB modeler, DrawDB Database designer, TypeFlow editor and more.

In addition to open-source tools, Kooboo also includes many applications, such as:

Kanban Board, Workflow Management, Community Portal, Organization Chat Room, Page ChatBot, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), ERP, Bookkeeping, Time Sheet, Customer Service, And more.

Share your website or applications with community.

One click to share your web site or application with community. It can be free template or commerical applications.

Free All-in-One Web Development Tool

Guoqi Zheng — Fri, 31 May 2024 19:01:05 +0000

After dedicating 7 years and huge amount of hours to my project, it is now ready for public use. I am eager to gather feedback from the community on the value of my tool, name it Kooboo.

What is it?

Kooboo is designed for website development and can be used as an alternative to WordPress, Magento, Shopify, Mailchimp, and more

It is a CMS, Ecommerce platform, IDE, Web Server, Mail Server and many more. It is very powerful and easy to get started.

Getting Started

Kooboo can run on Windows, macOS, Linux, Docker, or in the cloud.

Download and install from: https://www.kooboo.com/downloads

Windows and MacOS users can simply download and run the tool with a click or double-click, no installation required.

Tutorial

Four YouTube videos were prepared to help you understand it.

Build a dynamic, database-driven website from scratch in 10 minutes

Migrate your current WebSite to Kooboo in 2 minutes

Install and Use 100s of open source applications instantly

Query and Edit Database

Development concept

Our aim is to maintain familiarity with established development practices. Here is a snapshot of our core concept objects

Technology

To achieve the level of innovation present in our tool, we have custom-implemented a wide array of cutting-edge techniques. Below map shows some of them.

For more informaiton, see:
https://www.kooboo.com