WordPress vs EmDash: Is This Astro-Based CMS Worth the Switch?

I've been watching the CMS space for years, and every few months someone declares WordPress dead. It never is. But when I saw EmDash trending on GitHub — a full-stack TypeScript CMS built on Astro that explicitly calls itself the "spiritual successor to WordPress" — I figured it was worth a serious look. Here's the thing: WordPress powers roughly 40% of the web. You don't dethrone that by being slightly better. You dethrone it by being fundamentally different in ways that matter. So let's dig into whether EmDash actually delivers on that promise. Why This Comparison Matters WordPress was built in an era of PHP monoliths and MySQL-everything. It works. It's battle-tested. But if you're a modern developer who thinks in TypeScript and components, wrestling with WordPress can feel like driving a horse-drawn carriage on a highway. EmDash takes a different approach: it's built entirely in TypeScript on top of Astro, meaning you get static-site performance with dynamic CMS capabilities. If yo