Previews of every branch

See every draft exactly as it will be published, each at its own address, before it goes live.

hotdog-cms preview builds every branch of your site's repository, exactly as it would be published, and serves each at its own address. It's how a reviewer sees a draft for real.

Try it on your computer

hotdog-cms preview -repo https://github.com/you/mysite.git

hotdog-cms preview: previews at http://localhost:8160, one for draft/opening-hours and one for main, each with its own address

Open http://localhost:8160 for the list:

The previews page: draft/opening-hours and main, each with its commit, page count, build time and whether it passes the checks

Choose a branch to open its preview. Browsers send every ….localhost address to your own computer, so there's nothing to set up.

What makes it a real preview

The same build as your live site, with only its address changed so links stay on the preview. Nothing is added to the pages.
Kept up to date: branches that move are rebuilt every 30 seconds (-every changes it). If a build fails, the last good one stays up, and the list shows the error.
Drafts included (draft: true pages), since that's what previews are for. -drafts=false leaves them out.
Private: previews ask search engines to stay away, and the preview server only listens on your own computer unless you give it a password.

For a team

Run it on a server beside the editor (never on your public web server), with a password and its own domain:

HOTDOG_PREVIEW_AUTH='editor:a-long-password' \
  hotdog-cms preview -repo https://github.com/you/mysite.git \
    -addr 0.0.0.0:8160 -domain preview.example-previews.net -scheme https

Point a wildcard name (*.preview.example-previews.net) at it, put TLS in front, and give the editor the domain (preview: in editor.yaml), so reviews link to their preview.