jekyll-admin

I am a fan of jekyll-admin: https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-admin/ Its project page doesn't seem to have a screenshot of the post/page editor, but its editor is simplemde so one can just look at it directly: https://simplemde.com/

I previously used jekyll-admin, which gives you a web editor for your local Jekyll installation. I was happy with it: https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-admin

> Another matter, one of personal taste and experience, is that as a developer, I am used to working with text files, and editing a bunch of files in an IDE felt like a convenient option compared to having to edit each page in a web interface in the browser. I'm a big fan of "Jekyll Admin" as a way to get the best of both worlds: https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-admin/ https://jekyll.github.io/jekyll-admin/self-hosting

Netlify CMS is nice, and despite the name it works completely independenly of using Netlify as the host: https://www.netlifycms.org/docs/intro/ I won't lie though it is very akward to setup and use if you aren't using Netlify--documentation is extremely thin, and it's a beta phase feature to selfhost. But it is a really nice and simple editor view that non-technical people could use. This is where the (very thin) documentation for self hosting it outside Netlify starts: https://www.netlifycms.org/docs/beta-features/#working-with-... Another good one is Jekyll Admin: https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-admin It's not as nice as wordpress but gets the job done for a basic markdown focused site. Selfhosting it is a lot easier and more documented than Netlify CMS.

Jekyll has jekyll-admin: https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-admin

I've used (and paid for) Siteleaf in the past, and Jekyll Admin is really close to it and is OSS if anyone reading is looking for an open/free alternative :) https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-admin

Not all of these fit the bill exactly, but they all have their own advantages. - prose.io - siteleaf.com - statamic.com - getkirby.com - github.com/jekyll/jekyll-admin - github.com/netlify/netlify-cms - federalist.18f.gov You can also always build your own on top of whatever generator you want to use (example: http://willschenk.com/building-a-gui-for-managing-middleman-...). My favorite setup though is middleman + contentful + codeship. Static site generation happens with middleman. Content management happens with Contentful. Publishing happens with codeship.

Jekyll recently got a first-party admin plugin that might meet your needs[1]. You'd still need to use a terminal to set it up. I'm not quite sure what you mean by not wanting local files, but your files would be wherever you're hosting your site from. [1] https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-admin