It took me a while, but I have finally managed to set up Eleventy alongside a CMS that gives me full control without feeling like overkill. The components are #Eleventy [1], #Decap [2], #Forgejo [3], and #webhook [4]. They work very well together, and everything is self-hosted at #Uberspace [5], which made the setup process a breeze.
[1]: https://www.11ty.dev/
[2]: https://decapcms.org/
[3]: https://forgejo.org/
[4]: https://github.com/adnanh/webhook/
[5]: https://uberspace.de/



