every time. And yet, the tools we rely on to manage websites often feel like they’re stuck in the previous decade.

That tension is exactly why Neleto exists.

The friction we kept running into

As a digitalization partner working with mid-sized companies, we saw the same patterns again and again. Traditional CMS platforms were slow, bloated, and increasingly painful to maintain. Page speed suffered, security required constant vigilance, and every new feature seemed to demand another plugin. Clients loved the end result of a custom site but hated the editing experience — or worse, they accidentally broke things.

Headless and “modern” alternatives solved some problems but created others. They were powerful for developers, yet they often pushed complexity onto clients or required expensive frontend frameworks and ongoing specialist work. Pricing frequently scaled with seats or traffic in ways that punished growing businesses. And data residency? For European companies, that was rarely a first-class concern.

Then AI changed everything.

Tools like Cursor, Claude, and Windsurf started letting developers move dramatically faster. But the content layer — the actual website content that real businesses live and die by — remained disconnected from these new workflows. AI could help write code or generate text, but it couldn’t safely and natively update the live site without fragile custom integrations.

We didn’t want to keep patching around these limitations. We wanted to remove them.

What we decided to build

Neleto was born from a simple conviction: the best CMS should feel invisible to clients and empowering to developers — while being ready for the AI-native future that’s already here.

That conviction led to several non-negotiable decisions:

• Performance as a foundation, not a feature. We built the backend in Rust. The result is websites that are dramatically faster than traditional PHP or Node.js solutions — often 10-50× quicker in real-world scenarios. Faster sites rank better, convert better, and cost less to run. For agencies and freelancers delivering client work, that speed advantage compounds every single day.

• Two worlds, one system. Developers get full control: direct HTML access, a clean plugin API, and complete freedom to build exactly what they need. Non-technical editors and clients get a genuinely pleasant admin interface where they can manage pages, blog posts, events, translations, and files without training or fear of breaking the site. Role-based permissions keep everything safe and organized.

• AI that actually belongs in a CMS. Neleto includes a native MCP (Model Context Protocol) server — the only one we’re aware of built into a CMS from the ground up. This means AI agents can securely read and write content directly, following the same permissions and workflows humans use. It’s not a bolted-on chatbot or a future roadmap item. It’s there today, ready for the way developers and teams are already working.

• European pragmatism. We host in regions you choose, with strong GDPR compliance when you select EU/Germany servers. Your data stays where you want it. Pricing is transparent and predictable. There’s no vendor lock-in — export your content whenever you like. And migration from WordPress is built in, because we know many great sites still live there.

Built by people who ship websites every day

Neleto isn’t a theoretical product designed in a vacuum. It grew out of real client work at Triple-A Soft. We kept feeling the same friction points and eventually decided the best way to solve them for our clients (and ourselves) was to build the tool we actually wanted to use.

We made it affordable enough for freelancers and small agencies while powerful enough for teams. We included the content types and features most sites need out of the box so you spend less time configuring and more time delivering value. And we designed it to get better as AI capabilities advance, rather than having to be retrofitted later.

The future we’re building toward

Neleto exists because we believe the next era of the web belongs to teams that can move fast without sacrificing control, performance, or simplicity. Developers should leverage AI as a true collaborator. Editors should feel confident managing their own content. Businesses should own their data and their speed.

That’s the CMS we wanted. So we built it.

…then Neleto was built for you.

We’re just getting started. Try it for free, explore the documentation, or reach out if you’d like to talk about how it fits your workflow. We’re building Neleto in public with real users, and we’d love to have you along for the ride.