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+# CCCMS
+
+The content management system behind [www.ccc.de](https://www.ccc.de).
+
+A Rails application with a nested-tree content model, per-node revision
+history, translated content via Globalize, and a witnessed action log.
+Editing is deliberately open: any editor may draft anywhere, and only
+changes that reach the RSS feeds are gated on a role.
+
+## Stack
+
+Ruby 3.4, Rails 8.1, PostgreSQL 16, ImageMagick 7 with Ghostscript.
+Production runs on FreeBSD behind nginx with Unicorn; development runs
+anywhere the above are available.
+
+## Documentation
+
+- `INSTALL.md` — setting up from scratch, and maintaining an existing
+  installation
+- `CONTRIBUTING.md` — conventions this codebase follows, and why
+- `doc/CUTOVER_2026.md` — historical record of the June 2026 migration
+  from Rails 2 to Rails 8. Not maintained.
+
+## Repositories
+
+- https://codeberg.org/erdgeist/cccms
+- git://erdgeist.org/cccms
+
+Public content is CC-licensed per page; see the site itself. The code is
+beerware. Original code credits to https://github.com/hukl/cccms