# Pages CMS

Open source web CMS that edits the content and media files of static sites stored in a GitHub repository.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://pagescms.org
- repository: https://github.com/hunvreus/pagescms
- docs: https://pagescms.org/docs/
- discord: https://discord.gg/5UYD7CMZ6H

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Ronan Berder
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2024
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: npm install, then npm run build and npm run start behind a reverse proxy

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-06-08

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 4126
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: unknown
- contributors: 8
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://pagescms.org (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/hunvreus/pagescms (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://pagescms.org/docs/ (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/hunvreus/pagescms (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://pagescms.org/docs/ (read 2026-10-23)
- databases: https://pagescms.org/docs/development/database/ (read 2026-10-23)
- adminUi: https://pagescms.org/docs/ (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/hunvreus/pagescms (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://pagescms.org (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/hunvreus/pagescms/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/hunvreus/pagescms/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/hunvreus/pagescms/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/hunvreus/pagescms (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/hunvreus/pagescms/contributors (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://pagescms.org (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://pagescms.org/docs/guides/installing/self-host/ (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://pagescms.org/docs/guides/installing/vercel/ (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://pagescms.org/docs/guides/installing/self-host/ (read 2026-10-23)

## Notes

Pages CMS is a web editor for the content and media files of static sites stored in a GitHub repository. Editors work in the browser, and saved changes go back to the repository as files, so content does not live in a database. The app keeps its own state in PostgreSQL: auth data, collaborators, the parsed .pages.yml configuration and a cache.

The app is connected to GitHub through a GitHub App, which a setup helper creates. The project also runs a hosted copy at app.pagescms.org, which the README describes as an option for editing without running anything locally.

## Worth knowing

A self-hosted instance needs a PostgreSQL database, the GitHub App, and a running process started with npm run start, as the [self-hosting guide](https://pagescms.org/docs/guides/installing/self-host/) describes. The project has a Discord chat linked from its README.

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