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decap-cms

A Git-based CMS for Static Site Generators

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A Git-based CMS for Static Site Generators

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Observed mentions: 2015-09-29 01:49:30 UTC to 2024-12-08 06:44:12 UTC.

02468102015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments20152016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 10 mentions; 0 submissions, 10 comments2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments20192020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 1 submissions, 3 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 comments2024

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20152015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20162016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC10010
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC303
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC303
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC413
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC211

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Documentation: decapcms.org A CMS for static site generators. Give teams a simple way to edit and add content to any site built with a static site generator. Decap CMS is the new name of Netlify CMS since February 2023. Join us on Discord for community chat. How It Works Decap CMS is a single-page app that you pull into the /admin part of your site. It presents a clean UI for editing content stored in a Git repository. You setup a YAML config to describe the content model of your site, and typically tweak the main layout of the CMS a bit to fit your own site. When a user navigates to /admin/ they'll be prompted to log in, and once authenticated they'll be able to create new content or edit existing content. Read more about Decap CMS Core Concepts. Installation and Configuration Decap CMS can be used in two different ways. A quick and easy install that requires a single HTML file and a configuration file. All CMS JavaScript and CSS are loaded from a CDN. Learn more in the Quick Start Guide. A complete, more advanced install that gives you more flexibility but requires a static site builder with a build system that supports npm packages. Decap Turbo is a hosted backend for Decap CMS: editors log in with Turbo accounts, large collections load from a cache, and access is managed per site. Explore it at https://decapcms.org/turbo/. Sponsors Help support Decap CMS development by becoming a sponsor! Your contributions help us maintain and improve this open-source project. Main Partner Decap CMS is supported by our main partner PM. Backers         Thank you for your support! Contribute New contributors are always welcome! Check out CONTRIBUTING.md to get involved. Change Log This project adheres to Semantic Versioning. Every release is documented on the GitHub Releases page. License Decap CMS is released under the MIT License. Please make sure you understand its implications and guarantees. Expert Services Get hands-on help from Decap experts and partners for onboarding, custom feature development, website development and premium support. Explore expert services
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What Hacker News says

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seanwilson·Oct 23, 2022
> Netlify CMS has been the best solution in this space, and despite many thousands of stars it’s abandoned now. I've noticed this too (https://github.com/netlify/netlify-cms/releases) with lots of open issues which makes me very nervous about using it for client projects. Netlify CMS is more than good enough for solo and small sites but it feels like it never took off like it should even with the backing of Netlify. Netlify's recent pricing changes to their hosting where they charge per Git user who trigger commits isn't great here either. > Why are there not more alternatives? Maybe it's hard to make money from? There's quite a few commercial offerings where some try to offer a slice of it as open source. I'd love an active open source alternative to WordPress with a basic site builder i.e. you can drag and drop pre-built page sections t
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o create new pages and get a live preview before you deploy. Unfortunately, WordPress is still the safe open source choice for ease-of-use of the editors for basic business sites.
In Show HN: I made a CMS that uses Git to store your data
hardwaresofton·Jun 8, 2021
Thanks for the warning -- some alternatives, in somewhat random but roughly dependability/activity/which I would choose order: - https://github.com/netlify/netlify-cms - https://github.com/strapi/strapi - https://github.com/directus/directus - https://github.com/tinacms/tinacms - https://github.com/sanity-io/sanity - https://github.com/wintercms/winter - https://textpattern.com/ - https://github.com/Camberi/firecms (tied to firestore)
In Static site generators to watch in 2021
codechoir·Apr 1, 2021
Thank you all for the many great answers! Definitely a lot to look at! Currently Appsmith (and/or) Lowdefy seem to fit best for me. In case you're interested, these are all the products/resources given so far: http://superset.apache.org https://adsharma.github.io/flattools-programs/ https://adsharma.github.io/fquery/ https://apex.oracle.com https://app.spanrr.com https://arctype.com https://baserow.io https://bubble.io https://deepnote.com https://directus.io https://django-sql-explorer.readthedocs.io https://doc.seekwell.io https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/intro/tutorial02 https://first-django-admin.readthedocs.io/ https://frappeframework.com https://getzenbase.com https://github.com/appsmithorg/appsmith https://github.com/directus/directus https://github.com/marmelab/react-admin https://github.com/metabase/metabase https://github.c
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om/netlify/netlify-cms https://github.com/oxan/djangorestframework-dataclasses https://github.com/priyank-purohit/PostGUI https://github.com/shannah/xataface https://github.com/skorokithakis/django-project-template https://github.com/strapi/strapi https://hypermachine.substack.com https://lowdefy.com https://metacpan.org/pod/CGI::FormBuilder https://ninox.com/de https://powerapps.microsoft.com https://retool.com https://saltcorn.com https://seekwell.io https://solutions.appsheet.com/how-to-create-an-app https://stackerhq.com https://subzero.cloud/ https://tableplus.com/ https://voyager.devdojo.com/ https://www.appsmith.com/ https://www.basedash.com https://www.datatrucker.io/ https://www.forestadmin.com https://www.glideapps.com/ https://www.noodl.net/ https://www.nubuilder.com/ https://www.stackerhq.com/ https://nocode.tech
In Ask HN: Best low-/no-code solution for simple web-based database frontends
hardwaresofton·Apr 1, 2021
Here are a few that are in the ball park, but mostly lacking the form bit (you have to make your own though most of these offer a way to have a append-only user for the form to act as): - Strapi (https://github.com/strapi/strapi) - Directus (https://github.com/directus/directus) - React Admin (https://github.com/marmelab/react-admin) - Netlify CMS - a bit off the mark but maybe worth considering (https://github.com/netlify/netlify-cms)
In Ask HN: Best low-/no-code solution for simple web-based database frontends
benaiah·Apr 22, 2018
Yup, improving backend support (and refactoring the backend API to make developing custom backend support easier) is currently my top priority. Initial GitLab support (without the editorial workflow) is very close to being complete - I hope to be releasing an initial PR this coming week if all goes as planned. My latest update in that thread is here: https://github.com/netlify/netlify-cms/pull/517#issuecomment...
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