GStars
    decaporg

    decaporg/decap-cms

    A Git-based CMS for Static Site Generators

    frontend
    documentation
    cms
    content-management-system
    decap-cms
    git-based-cms
    headless-cms
    JavaScript
    MIT
    19.5K stars
    3.1K forks
    239 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 6, 2026
    View on GitHub

    Build with Backblaze B2

    SDKs, agent skills, IDE extensions, and reference pipelines from Backblaze Labs. All open source.

    Explore Backblaze Labs

    Loading star history...

    Where it stands

    Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.

    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 12 days ago, with 441 contributors on GitHub.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a Git-based content management system for static site generators with a user-friendly editing interface.
    • Enables content editing directly through Git repositories without requiring a traditional database backend.
    • Use for managing content on Jamstack sites built with static site generators like Gatsby or Hugo.
    • Use for teams needing a simple, self-hosted CMS that integrates with existing Git workflows.
    • Use for developers wanting to customize CMS behavior via YAML configuration and npm package integration.

    Should you depend on it?

    License terms, project hygiene and risks, from GitHub metadata and GStars' snapshots.

    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present
    • Code of conduct: present

    Watch-outs

    No watch-outs from GStars' checks.

    General guidance from repository metadata, not legal advice. How we score

    From the README

    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.

    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.

    Decap CMS can be used in two different ways.

    Need centralized user management, advanced roles, a database proxy, or premium support? Explore Decap Turbo.

    Excerpt from the decaporg/decap-cms README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Sep 14: +1

    +87 stars over 56 days across 6 snapshot days; best day +1 on Sep 14.

    Forks

    3.1K+10

    Open issues

    420-173

    Compared with peers in Frontend

    Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Nov 8, by 7-day star growth

    View category →
    decaporg/decap-cms compared with Frontend repositories by stars, 7-day star growth, health score and last release
    RepositoryStars+7dHealthLast release
    heygen-com/hyperframes82.3K+4.0K75today
    remotion-dev/remotion72.3K+1.9K751 day ago
    DuarteSantos8/openGym20.8K+1.7K757 days ago
    superplanehq/superplane9.8K+1.0K7513 days ago
    chthollyphile/folia-major12.3K+92875today
    decaporg/decap-cms19.5K—6412 days ago
    Category median20.8K+1.7K75—
    Compare decap-cms with hyperframes, remotion, openGym →

    Discover Repositories

    Search across tracked repositories by name or description