Agit CMS
A hackable headless CMS for markdown blogs
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Agit CMS is a simple web frontend interface that utilizes filesystem to manage markdown/media contents. Built for markdown-based static site generators, like Hugo and Jekyll.
Write markdown blog posts the hackable way, get rid of your itch points.
Install
npm install -g agitcms
To start: agitcms
To change port: AGIT_FRONTEND=3001 agitcms
Node.js >= 18 is supported
Features
- vertical split style markdown editor
- type-aware frontmatter editor
- custom editor snippet/toolbar/keymap
- custom frontmatter language(yaml/toml) & delimiters
- Integrated Terminal
- mathjax rendering:
$$ E = mc^2 $$
$$ Agit = wonderful $$
- image pasting into the editor
Agit CMS tries to be a hackable headless CMS for developers.
Comparison with Netlify CMS
| Agit CMS | Netlify CMS | |
|---|---|---|
| How/Where does the CMS run? | You start agitcms when you want to from terminal. Then it runs on your computer. | It always lives in website's /admin path (which heavily relies on the strength of your password) |
| Who is the CMS for? | Developers | Writers |
| Installation | Dead simple (npm i) | Pretty complicated |
| How are changes committed to a remote git repository? | Agit CMS is a simple CMS that reads from and writes to your filesystem. So you simply use integrated terminal or whatever to run git command. | Push Publish button |
| Can you paste(Control+v/Command+v) an image into the markdown editor? | O | X |
| Can the markdown editor preview mathjax? | O | △ (requires additional setup) |
| How do I preview a post real-time in my actual website? | Run a preview command specific to your static site generator in integrated terminal | You can't. |
| How customizable is the markdown editor? | O | △ (You can customize for sure by including Githubissues.
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