Verse

An open source content management platform for world builders and storytellers.

Build lore wikis, curate art galleries, publish prose, and bring your worlds to life.

Features

• Lore Wiki — Interconnected knowledge bases for characters, locations, factions, and timelines
• Art Gallery — Showcase concept art, maps, and visual assets with metadata and tagging
• Text Reader — Beautiful Markdown-rendered prose with rich typography
• Secure Auth — Pluggable authentication via Cloudflare Access
• Edge-First — Deployed on Cloudflare Workers for global performance
• WCAG Compliant — Accessible by design, mobile-first responsive layouts

Tech Stack

• Next.js 15 — React framework with App Router
• Cloudflare Workers — Edge runtime via OpenNext
• Cloudflare D1 — Serverless SQL for structured content
• Cloudflare R2 — Object storage for media assets
• Cloudflare KV — Key-value store for config and flags

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js 22+
• npm

Development

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Start development server
npm run dev

# Preview with Cloudflare runtime
npm run preview

Deployment

Deployments are fully automated via GitHub Actions. Push to main and the site deploys to Cloudflare Workers within minutes.

To deploy manually:

npm run deploy

Architecture

  GitHub (push to main)
    │
    ▼
  GitHub Actions (build + deploy)
    │
    ▼
  Cloudflare Workers (edge runtime)
    │
    ├──▶  KV    config, feature flags
    ├──▶  D1    lore entries, metadata
    └──▶  R2    images, media, prose files

  Content persists across deployments ✓

License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0.