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Hexo Admin

Web-based admin interface for the Hexo blog generator

Blogging Platforms ★ 1.8k stars Easy setup MIT

Hexo Admin is a plugin that adds a web-based editing dashboard to the Hexo static blog generator, allowing posts to be written and managed through a browser. It brings a CMS-like workflow to an otherwise file-based generator.

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Key features

  • Browser-based editor
  • Live preview
  • Image uploads
  • Hexo integration

Strengths

  • Released under the MIT license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • Active community (1.8k GitHub stars)
  • Written in JavaScript

Is Hexo Admin secure?

OSV.dev lists 1 published advisory for Hexo Admin. It doesn't publish GitHub releases we can match, so we can't say which of them apply to the current version. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2019-17606, published 2019-10-23 (2548 days ago)

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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