# tinacms/tinacms

TinaCMS is the leading open-source headless CMS that supports Markdown and Visual Editing. Your content is stored in your own GitHub repo 🦙 ❤️

Repository: https://github.com/tinacms/tinacms
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tinacms
Homepage: https://tina.io
Language: TypeScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: cms, nextjs, react, content-management-system, tinacms, markdown, typescript, tina, forestry
Last push: 2026-08-27T00:11:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2598, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 9, "gap_med": 0.0, "n_releases_24m": 1105}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 13757, forks 744 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:04.737023+00:00)

## What it is
TinaCMS is an open-source, Git-backed headless CMS that stores content as Markdown, MDX, JSON, or YAML directly in your GitHub repository. It provides a visual editing experience with live preview, a GraphQL content API, and works with frameworks like Next.js, Astro, Hugo, and others.

## Use cases
- add visual editing to a Next.js or Astro site
- manage markdown blog content in a git repo
- let non-technical editors update a static site
- build a documentation site with git-based workflow
- query markdown content via a GraphQL API
- replace a database-backed CMS with file-based content
- set up editorial workflow with PR-based content review

## When to choose
- your content should live in your own git repository as markdown
- you want visual editing with live preview for editors
- you use React-based frameworks like Next.js or Astro
- you want a database-free, self-hosted content workflow
- you need PR-based review and versioning of content changes

## When to avoid
- you need a traditional database-backed CMS with complex relational content
- your site is not JavaScript/React-based and you don't want a GraphQL layer
- you need heavy multi-channel content delivery beyond static sites
- you require fully offline editing without GitHub connectivity

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: graphql, markdown, web-framework, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, cms, documentation, frontend
- platform: cross-platform, self-hosted
- tags: headless-cms, git-backed, visual-editing, markdown, mdx, nextjs, react, astro, tinadocs, jamstack, cms, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- tinacms/tinacms (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:04.737023+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 2026-08-29T17:13:03.685579+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tinacms/tinacms (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:04.737023+00:00, sha 73168776578c)
  - homepage: https://tina.io (fetched 2026-08-29T08:07:52.547082+00:00, sha fa620cd554a1)
  - site_page: https://tina.io/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:07:52.556580+00:00, sha d7f68b5e6c51)
  - site_page: https://tina.io/tinadocs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:07:52.558578+00:00, sha cb88fd904d24)
  - site_page: https://tina.io/tinadocs/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:07:52.560516+00:00, sha 593f0948dc14)
  - site_page: https://tina.io/docs/support (fetched 2026-08-29T08:07:52.565080+00:00, sha 724492969c70)
  - site_page: https://tina.io/about (fetched 2026-08-29T08:07:52.566651+00:00, sha 64904d4fb7ed)
  - site_page: https://tina.io/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T08:07:52.562093+00:00, sha 6268bc6d17c9)
  - site_page: https://tina.io/tinacms (fetched 2026-08-29T08:07:52.568191+00:00, sha 9a7ca6f73fda)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.