Tovu
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Operate your site by talking to it.

A self-hosted content platform. Every admin capability is also a tool an agent can call.

Quickstart Documentation
AssistantExplore →

You

/blog is 404ing since we renamed it. Send it to /articles and refresh the sitemap.

Assistant

  • redirects_create
  • seo_regenerate_sitemap
Added a 301 from /blog to /articles and regenerated the sitemap.
ChatExplore →
bash 
$ git clone https://github.com/leonaburime-ucla/Tovu.git
$ cd Tovu && npm install
$ npx tsx apps/website/src/cli/main.ts init my-site
$ npx tsx apps/website/src/cli/main.ts serve my-site
# prints two addresses: the site, and its admin.
InstallExplore →
  • my-site/
  • content.db ← everything
  • uploads/
  • themes/
  • basic/
  • plugins/
  • skills/
  • theme.json
One folderExplore →
  • pages_write_html
  • redirects_create
  • forms_list_submissions
  • seo_regenerate_sitemap
  • comments_approve_comment
  • theme_read_file
  • members_disable

Typed, permissioned, the same ones the admin uses.

ToolsExplore →

For agents

One capability. Two front doors.

Built once, exposed twice: a screen a person clicks, a typed tool an agent calls. Same definitions, same permissions, same validation.

Read the docs Tool reference
pages_write_html
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One real tool call, 8–12 lines. The same call, three ways, via the tabs.

  • MCP
  • HTTP
  • CLI
18 capability areas, each a screen and a toolset
4 theme tiers, one contract
1 folder per site: database, uploads, themes, plugins

The tool surface

What it can be asked to do.

Each ships tool definitions next to its admin screens.

  • Pages

    Structure, templates and routing.

  • Posts

    Drafts, publishing and search.

  • Media

    Uploads and generated assets.

  • Themes

    Install, switch, edit files.

  • Forms

    Definitions, fields and submissions.

  • Members

    Accounts, roles and access.

  • Newsletter

    Lists, issues and sends.

  • Comments

    Threads and moderation.

  • Taxonomy

    Categories, tags and terms.

  • Widgets

    Blocks, regions and embeds.

  • Redirects

    Rules, status codes and hit counts.

  • SEO

    Metadata, overrides and sitemaps.

  • Deployments

    Builds and static export.

  • Webhooks

    Outbound event delivery.

  • External MCP

    Third-party tool servers.

  • Credentials

    Stored secrets, sealed at rest.

  • Recovery

    Restore points and rollback.

  • Plugins

    Bundled and installed extensions.

Themes

Four ways to build a front end.

A theme declares its tier; the renderer picks the engine. Plain HTML is first-class, not a fallback.

  • Static

    html + css + js

    Plain pages. What you write is what ships.

  • Templated

    liquidjs

    Loops, conditionals and partials.

  • Handlebars

    handlebars

    The same idea, in a syntax you may already use.

  • Declarative

    json block trees

    No template language. Structure an agent can edit safely.

Choose how to start.

Run it yourself

From an empty folder to a published post in ten minutes.

  • Node.js 24 or newer, git and npm. Nothing else.
  • No Docker, no database server.
  • Each site carries its own SQLite database.
  • No signup, no account, no hosted plan.
Quickstart

Read first

How it works, then what ships.

Documentation