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Forestry CMS

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description Forestry CMS Overview

Forestry CMS was a Git-based content management system for websites built with static-site generators. It gave editors a browser interface for modifying Markdown files, front matter, and other repository content, then committed those changes back to Git rather than storing them in a separate proprietary content database. It was used by development teams that wanted nontechnical editing tools while preserving a version-controlled, file-based publishing workflow; the hosted service was discontinued.

help Forestry CMS FAQ

What should I migrate my Forestry site to?

TinaCMS, built by the same team, is the official successor and migration path. Decap CMS (formerly Netlify CMS) and CloudCannon are the other common destinations for teams that were editing Git-hosted content in Forestry.

Which static site generators did Forestry support?

It supported Git-based workflows for Jekyll and Hugo primarily, with Gatsby and other generators also usable. Edits were committed straight back to the repository, so the source of truth was always your Git history rather than a database.

How was Forestry different from a traditional CMS like WordPress?

Forestry stored no content in a database; everything lived as Markdown files and front matter in your Git repo, and the browser UI simply created commits. That made it a natural fit for static sites, whereas WordPress renders pages from MySQL on a live server.

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