Hugo
Static site toolsVerified detail: Static site generator with multilingual support.
0.2% CMS market share
Key facts
| Verified detail | Netlify CMS is now called Decap CMS |
|---|---|
| Best suited to | Developer-led websites and pre-rendered content. |
| Before you commit | Before choosing: how will editors preview changes and trigger rebuilds? |
| Pricing & plans | Free license; hosting billed separately Official website ↗ |
| Source | decapcms.org ↗ |
A closer look
Oct 21, 2026
Watch it in action
Netlify CMS – Quickstart · Netlify
Pricing & plans
Free license; hosting billed separately
Software license only; hosting and operations cost extra.
Pricing & plans ↗Company
| Company name | Decap CMS community |
|---|
Timeline 5
- Product update↗
Netlify CMS 0.5 added Git Gateway authentication, allowing editors to sign in without needing their own GitHub accounts.
- Product update↗
Netlify CMS 2.0 added Bitbucket support and separated extensions into packages, making the Git-based CMS easier to customize.
- Governance↗
Netlify transferred CMS stewardship to agency PM and announced the Decap CMS name, preserving the project as open source.
- Product update↗
Decap introduced a Plate-based richtext widget in beta and deprecated the legacy Markdown widget, changing the CMS editor foundation.
- Product update↗
Decap 3.17 shipped the optional hosted Turbo backend with centralized authentication and roles; the core CMS remained free and open source.
Before you commit
Before choosing: how will editors preview changes and trigger rebuilds?
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