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Flat file CMS for building simple websites and blogs.

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Spinal CMS is a beautiful and minimal CMS for static site generators. Nothing to install, but powered by GitHub. Built for small teams that value human quality over automated quantity.
Which is more popular?
Based on our record, Spinal CMS seems to be more popular. It has been mentioned 5 times since March 2021.
Website, pricing, platforms and company facts side by side.
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| Website | boidcms.github.io | spinalcms.com |
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| Company | 2022 | Startup from The Netherlands · 1 - 9 employees · 2022 |
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In their own words, as submitted to SaaSHub.


BoidCMS is a free and open-source flat file CMS for building simple websites and blogs in seconds, developed using PHP and uses JSON as a database.
Spinal is a minimal and beautiful CMS for static site generators, from Jekyll, to Docusaurus and Bridgetown. Create content alone or with your team. Schedule and publish without any Git(Hub) knowledge. Features like the calendar provides a birds-eye overview of all scheduled and published...
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As answered by people managing BoidCMS and Spinal CMS.
BoidCMS's answer
BoidCMS stands out for its unique combination of simplicity, flexibility, and robustness.
Spinal CMS's answer:
No tedious set up, connect your GitHub repo and you and your team are publishing on your site in minutes.
Spinal CMS's answer:
For 4+ years Spinal has a small, bootstrapped team, helped hundreds of small businesses with its easy to setup dashboard, beautiful and minimal UI and features built for teams that value human content over automated slop.
Spinal CMS's answer:
Small bushiness, mostly software/SaaS companies.
Share your experience with using BoidCMS and Spinal CMS. For example, how are they different and which one is better?
Recommendations tracked on public social media and blogs since March 2021.


Tracking BoidCMS since Aug 2022.
There's a lot of ways to convert MD to HTML, but fewer tools to collaborate with non-devs to edit and maintain those markdown files. I've been considering Spinal[0] (no association) to bridge that gap, any others I should be looking at?... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago
There are a few SSG that come with a (local, ie. Run it locally) CMS. A better option, imo, is to choose any SSG you like, written in a language you know and add Spinal as the CMS. Makes editing content as simple as WordPress. If you... Source: over 3 years ago
Just want to offer that at Spinal (a CMS for static site generators, like the ones mentioned in the comments) we offer a free tier for open source projects. Feel free to reach for any questions. ✌️. Source: over 3 years ago
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