--- title: Why we use GitHub as our CMS | daily.dev description: Using GitHub as a CMS enables transparency and open contributions, provides necessary tools for content development, and keeps the focus on engineering. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-we-use-github-as-our-cms-r2gw1cqcl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Why we use GitHub as our CMS | daily.dev og:description: Using GitHub as a CMS enables transparency and open contributions, provides necessary tools for content development, and keeps the focus on engineering. og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-we-use-github-as-our-cms-r2gw1cqcl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/R2gW1cQCL.png og:image:alt: Why we use GitHub as our CMS og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Why we use GitHub as our CMS **[Pointer](https://daily.dev/sources/pointer)** · 4 min read · 31 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary Using GitHub as a CMS enables transparency and open contributions, provides necessary tools for content development, and keeps the focus on engineering. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@rodik** · 0 upvotes > Great article! Using GitHub as a CMS is a smart choice for teams that value transparency, collaboration, and engineering focus. I appreciate how it empowers non-technical team members to contribute to code and content changes. Thanks for sharing your experience with this! **@mustafawael** · 0 upvotes > I think i should use it as a CMS for my blog sooner to make it public and let others contribute. 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