ROrobtherobber·Dec 5, 2019
For others interested, here is a list of flat file CMSs: https://github.com/ahadb/flat-file-cms
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2 sourcesI tried Hugo before but came to the same conclusion. The simplicity draw me into trying it, but in my opinion the solution is not streamlined.
That's why i finally settled for a Flat File CMS [1], in my case Grav [2]. Like with hugo you get total control. And with most of them you get a single web interface to administrate the site, manage extensions and write blog entries. And you still have the possibility to git push everything on the dev server and git pull on prod, without managing a database. It's a dream.
They are not without problems though. You need to host your php site somewhere. Sometimes it's necessary to dive into php to fix some problems and creating something unique still takes some web skills (in contrary to wordpress for example).
[1] https://github.com/ahadb/flat-file-cms
[2] https://getgrav.org/
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