Verified detail: TinaCMS is the successor to Forestry.io.

CategoryStatic site tools
Best suited to

Existing websites and migration planning; verify current support before new work.

Pricing & plansDiscontinued

Key facts

Verified detailTinaCMS is the successor to Forestry.io
Best suited toExisting websites and migration planning; verify current support before new work.
Before you commitFor an existing site: test export, redirects and browser compatibility before migration.
Pricing & plansDiscontinued Official website ↗
Sourcetina.io ↗

A closer look

Forestry — Official website

Oct 21, 2026

Watch it in action

Using Forestry CMS with devlopr · Sujay Kundu

Pricing & plans

Discontinued

Pricing & plans ↗

Company

Company nameForestry / TinaCMS
Company ↗

Timeline 5

  1. Launch

    Forestry publicly presented its beta CMS, giving static-site projects a browser-based content editor.

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  2. Funding

    Forestry announced a closed CAD 744,000 seed round, including an AngelList syndicate led by Flight.vc’s Gil Penchina; the USD equivalent was 560,000.

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  3. Product update

    Forestry’s team introduced TinaCMS, an open-source React editing toolkit that became the company’s successor product direction.

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  4. Shutdown

    Forestry.io was sunset, ending its hosted CMS service; the team’s migration tooling directed existing projects toward TinaCMS.

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  5. Product update

    TinaCMS 1.5 added root-level collections, supporting Forestry migrations that needed continued editing of repository configuration files.

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The reality check

Before you commit

For an existing site: test export, redirects and browser compatibility before migration.

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