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24 alternatives to Using Gatsby and Netlify CMS

A book about building a Gatsby site backed by Netlify CMS

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Using Gatsby and Netlify CMS launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Gatsby Cloud▲319

   Building ambitious websites just got easier

   2019 · netlify.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Netlify CMS▲236

   An open-source CMS for your Git workflow

   2017 · harta-europei.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Gatsby▲476

   Blazing fast static site generator for React

   2017 · gatsbyjs.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   TinaCMS▲232

   Open source editing tool-kit for Gatsby and Next.js sites

   2019 · tina.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Gatsby Themes▲185

   Ship and use chunks of Gatsby functionality as npm packages

   2019 · gatsbyjs.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Pages CMS – A CMS for GitHub▲351

   In a nutshell: 1. You log in with your GitHub account. 2. You select the GitHub repo where your site/app is at (whether it's Next.js, 11ty, Hugo, Nuxt... as long as you're using flat files for content). 3. You add a single config file to your repo to define the content types and other settings (e.g. media folder). 4. Congrats: you now have a user friendly CMS to manage content + media BUT all changes are still tracked like regular commits (under your account) on GitHub. I started using Jekyll around 2009 and over the course of the past 10+ years, I've helped build major sites and tiny…

   2024 · pagescms.org · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Foundation - Gatsby, Netlify CMS starter▲1

   A starter to launch blazing fast personal website and blog

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Webflow CMS▲642

   Build professional dynamic websites without any code

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Incremental Builds in Gatsby Cloud▲142

   From static sites to real-time builds

   2020 · gatsbyjs.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Netlify Build Plugins▲200

    Optimize your site & boost developer workflow at every build

    2020 · netlify.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Gatsby-Gitbook-Starter: Build modern documentation websites using MDX▲28

    Generate GitBook style modern docs/tutorial websites using Gatsby + MDX - hasura/gatsby-gitbook-starter

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Wisp CMS▲410

    Delightful way to create + manage blogs on existing websites

    2024 · wisp.blog · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Netlify.new▲282

    Start a project with just a prompt on Netlify

    Mar 2026 · netlify.new · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Typedream CMS▲593

    Display your Notion data beautifully on your site, no-code

    2022 · typedream.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Gridbox▲66

    No code one Page HTML Builder & host to Netlify for free

    2022 · gridbox.io · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Netlify Graph▲196

    A faster way to build web apps with APIs and services

    2022 · answers.netlify.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    An open-source, collaborative, WYSIWYG Markdown editor▲460

    Inspired by the design and UI/UX of apps like Notion, and utility of open-source apps like StackEdit, I decided to create a minimalistic, local-only WYSIWYG Markdown editor. Some features worth highlighting: - Monaco editor and Prettier integration for code snippets - Tables (apparently the holy grail of WYSIWYG editing) - Embeds (for CodePen, CodeSandbox and YouTube, most useful for HTML or JSON exports) - Accepts Markdown paste-in, and "exports"/generates HTML, Markdown and JSON outputs - Collaboration (with real-time awareness and initial commenting system, available only when…

    2023 · editor.vrite.io · its alternatives →

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    Netlify – Builds, Deploys and Hosts Your Static Site or App▲116

    Create with AI or code, deploy instantly on production infrastructure. One platform to build and ship.

    2015 · netlify.com · its alternatives →

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    Upnread▲68

    CMS to build custom blogs and integrate it on your website.

    2021 · upnread.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Git Blog▲156

    Publish sites using Markdown & GitHub from your phone

    Mar 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    I made a tool to clean and convert any webpage to Markdown▲441

    My partner usually writes substack posts which I then mirror to our website’s blog section. To automate this, I made a simple tool to scrape the post and clean it so that I can drop it to our blog easily. This might be useful to others as well. Oh and ofcourse you can instruct GPT to make any final edits :D

    2024 · markdowndown.vercel.app · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Webstudio CMS▲436

    The best CMS is the one you already use

    2024 · webstudio.is · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Open-source portfolio and blog template built on Gatsby / Tailwind▲17

    A modern and production-ready personal portfolio + blog template built with GatsbyJs and TailwindCSS - RyanFitzgerald/devfolio

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Code Notes – A Gatsby theme for publishing code-related notes▲151

    A Gatsby theme for publishing code-related notes and snippets

    2020 · zander.wtf · its alternatives →

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