# Decap CMS

Git-based content management interface, delivered as a single-page admin app, that edits the content files of a static site.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/decap-cms/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-23
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-23

## Record

### Links

- home: https://decapcms.org
- repository: https://github.com/decaporg/decap-cms
- docs: https://decapcms.org/docs/intro/
- x: https://x.com/Decap_CMS
- discord: https://decapcms.org/chat

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Netlify
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2016
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: cms
- hosting: static
- language: javascript
- runtime: unknown
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: yes

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: static, browser
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: CDN script tag

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 3
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-14

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 19441
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 9167
- contributors: 441
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 10
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://decapcms.org/ (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/decaporg/decap-cms (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://decapcms.org/docs/intro/ (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/decaporg/decap-cms/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/decaporg/decap-cms/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://github.com/decaporg/decap-cms/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/decaporg/decap-cms (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/decaporg/decap-cms (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/decaporg/decap-cms/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- adminUi: https://github.com/decaporg/decap-cms/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://decapcms.org/docs/install-decap-cms/ (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://github.com/decaporg/decap-cms/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://github.com/decaporg/decap-cms/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://decapcms.org/docs/install-decap-cms/ (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/decaporg/decap-cms/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/decaporg/decap-cms/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/decaporg/decap-cms (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/decaporg/decap-cms/contributors (read 2026-10-23)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/decap-cms-app (read 2026-10-23)
- i18n: https://decapcms.org/docs/i18n/ (read 2026-10-23)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/decap-cms-app (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Decap CMS is an editing interface for content stored in a Git repository. It is a single-page app that sits in the admin folder of a static site, so editors log in there and change the content files the site is built from. The admin folder is static files that any web space serves, and the admin code runs in the editor's browser. It supports side-by-side editing in multiple languages and a live preview.

The project was renamed from Netlify CMS in February 2023 and keeps the same repository history.

## Worth knowing

Decap Turbo is a hosted backend for the CMS: editors log in with Turbo accounts, large collections load from a cache, and access is managed per site.

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