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24 alternatives to Forestry

A lightweight CMS for Jekyll and Hugo sites

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Forestry launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Forestry.io▲14

   A lightweight CMS for Jekyll and Hugo sites

   2016 · tina.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Forestry.io▲11

   A simple CMS for Jekyll and Hugo sites

   2016 · tina.io · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Devmag▲133

   A network re-thought for software developers

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Forestry.io – A full CMS for Hugo/Jekyll in a single (React) file▲34

   TinaCMS is the successor to Forestry.io, now maintained by SSW. Migrate your Forestry site to Tina with our step-by-step guide and enjoy enhanced visual editing features.

   2016 · forestry.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   LightCMS▲98

   Build Beautiful Websites

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   NW.js▲77

   A new way of writing desktop apps with Web technologies

   2015 · nwjs.io · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Fraym▲67

   A new open-source CMS

   2014 · fraymm.wordpress.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Kinase▲159

   A framework for building web scrapers for Chrome

   2017 · b12.io · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Craft▲104

   A CMS like no other.

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Pagekit 1.0▲137

    A modular and lightweight open source CMS

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Surreal CMS▲73

    A hosted CMS for web designers

    2014 · surrealcms.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Code Mill▲85

    A marketplace for pull requests

    2016 · codemill.io · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Lumber▲232

    The admin microservice generator

    2016 · lumberjs.com · its alternatives →

14. 14GB
    Git-Based Static Website CMS for Jekyll Websites▲6

    2015 · staticwebsitemanager.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    NotebookJS▲109

    Scientific computation for JavaScript

    2016 · datazar.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Matterhorn▲163

    Simple and light-weight project management tool

    2015 · matterhorn.io · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Fuck Yeah Markdown▲121

    Turns websites into markdown

    2016 · fuckyeahmarkdown.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Prose▲81

    CMS-free content manager w/ Jekyll & markdown support

    2014 · prose.io · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Jekyll 2.0▲126

    Transform your plain text into static websites and blogs.

    2014 · jekyllrb.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Limitless▲90

    A productivity companion for Chrome

    2013 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Gondola▲69

    The web framework for Go programming language

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Developer Ipsum▲110

    Lorem for nerds

    2021 · developer-ipsum.netlify.app · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Mou▲73

    Markdown editor for web developers

    2014 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Stack▲88

    A task manager for Devs & Designers

    2015 · macropod.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →