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Keystatic

Git-based CMS for Markdown and structured content

Content Management Systems ★ 2.5k stars Medium setup MIT

Keystatic is an open-source, Git-based content management system for content authored in Markdown, YAML, and JSON. It provides an editing UI that commits directly to your repository, working well with modern static site frameworks.

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Key features

  • Git-based content
  • Markdown and structured data
  • Editing UI commits to repo
  • Framework integrations

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Released under the MIT license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Active community (2.5k GitHub stars)
  • Written in TypeScript

Trade-offs

  • Best with specific frameworks
  • Younger project

Is Keystatic secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Keystatic's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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