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SilverBlog

A fast and lightweight blog template.
Dark by default. Markdown-native. Deploys anywhere.

Why SilverBlog

Designed for writers who want less to maintain.

One-command install

Pick Cloudflare Workers or Node.js. The scaffolder downloads, installs deps, seeds demo content, and prints next steps — under a minute, no manual setup.

Real CMS, not just static

EmDash gives you a proper admin, structured content, native search, RSS, comments, and a plugin system with isolated-V8 sandboxing. You write Markdown; the platform handles the rest.

Original URLs preserved

If you ran a SilverBlog Python install years ago, your `/post/{slug}` and `/index/{n}` URLs still resolve. EmDash's defaults 301-redirect to the canonical paths.

The story

From a dormant Python framework to a living EmDash theme.

The original SilverBlog shipped in 2017 — a tiny Python blog framework, no database, Markdown-first, beloved by a small Chinese developer community. It went dormant in 2019.

This is its second chapter. Same values — fast, lightweight, file-driven, no operational burden — on a foundation that's actually maintained.

Cloudflare's EmDash CMS handles the admin, the auth, the plugin sandboxing, and the deploy. SilverBlog provides the aesthetic, the URL structure, and the writing experience.

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Run it in one line.

Cloudflare Workers (D1 + R2) or Node.js (SQLite). Same template, swap the adapter.

See the demo Read the docs