# prose/prose

A Content Editor for GitHub.

Repository: https://github.com/prose/prose
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/prose
Homepage: http://prose.io
Language: JavaScript
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-02-21T06:18:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5291, "days_push": 924, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4773, forks 719 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:59.458322+00:00)

## What it is
Prose is a web-based content editor for GitHub that provides a simple authoring interface for CMS-free websites. It lets users create, edit, and delete files in GitHub repositories, saving changes directly to GitHub, and is hosted at prose.io or self-hostable.

## Use cases
- edit markdown files in a github repo through a web ui
- manage content for a jekyll site on github pages
- author blog posts without installing a cms
- create and delete files in github repositories visually
- self-host a lightweight github-backed cms
- write documentation for a static site hosted on github

## When to choose
- you run a cms-free or jekyll site hosted on github pages
- you want a simple web interface for editing markdown in github repos
- you prefer git-based content workflows over a database-backed cms

## When to avoid
- you need a full cms with databases, users, and dynamic content
- your content is not stored on github
- you need actively maintained software with guaranteed support

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: editor, markdown, file-system, web-framework
- domain: web-development, cms, developer-tools, documentation
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: github, cms-free, jekyll, static-site, content-authoring, markdown-editor, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- prose/prose (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:59.458322+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:18:46.948952+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/prose/prose (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:59.458322+00:00, sha 237dff065d53)
  - homepage: http://prose.io (fetched 2026-08-29T09:02:19.440519+00:00, sha 4f2b0a7bc60e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.