LabraGo: Enterprise-Grade Headless CMS

What is LabraGo?

LabraGo is an open-source enterprise headless CMS I created and currently lead. The question: What if a CMS was built from the ground up for performance, type safety, and developer experience?

My Role: Creator and lead architect. Working collaboratively with developers from Eastern Europe.

The Problem I Solved

Existing CMS platforms have significant limitations:

• Strapi & Contentful: Performance bottlenecks at scale
• WordPress: Not built for API-first architectures
• Custom builds: Expensive and time-consuming

The project needed a CMS where performance and type safety are first-class citizens.

Key Features

🚀 Performance

Handles 10,000+ concurrent requests with sub-50ms GraphQL query response times. Built on Go’s concurrency model and PostgreSQL’s reliability.

🎯 Type-Safe Architecture

Full TypeScript + GraphQL schema generation means zero runtime errors. Your API contract is enforced at compile time. Changes to the schema automatically propagate to your frontend.

⚡ Developer Experience

• GraphQL API with introspection and playground
• Auto-generated TypeScript types
• Hot-reload in development
• Comprehensive documentation
• Docker-based local development

☁️ Cloud-Native

Docker-ready, Kubernetes-native architecture that scales horizontally. Deploy anywhere - GCP, AWS, Azure, or on-premises.

📊 Advanced Database Features

Leverages PostgreSQL 15’s advanced capabilities:

• JSONB for flexible content modeling
• Full-text search built-in
• Point-in-time recovery
• Connection pooling for efficiency

Perfect For

✓ API-first applications needing flexible content management
✓ Multi-channel publishing (web, mobile, IoT)
✓ High-traffic platforms requiring performance at scale
✓ Development teams that value type safety and developer experience

Architecture

Built on modern, proven technologies:

• Backend: Go 1.21+ for performance and reliability
• API: GraphQL (gqlgen) for type-safe queries
• Database: PostgreSQL 15 with advanced security
• Cache: Redis for high-performance content delivery
• Infrastructure: Docker + Kubernetes for cloud-native deployment
• Backup: Automated backups and disaster recovery

Current Status

Production-ready and actively maintained. Used by companies for content management, headless CMS, and API-first architectures.

Open Source

LabraGo is open source and available for the community:

• License: MIT (permissive)
• Repository: github.com/GoLabra/labra
• Contributions: Welcome!

Use Cases

1. Content Portals - Blogs, documentation sites, knowledge bases
2. Multi-channel Publishing - Content for web, mobile apps, and APIs
3. E-commerce Content - Product catalogs, descriptions, and metadata
4. API-First Applications - Headless CMS for any modern application