---
title: "Why we use GitHub as our CMS"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-we-use-github-as-our-cms-r2gw1cqcl
source_url: https://posthog.com/blog/github-cms?utm_source=pointer&utm_medium=newsletter
type: article
source: "Pointer"
published: 2023-04-07T20:57:03.624Z
updated: 2024-04-13T19:26:41.850Z
tags: ["github", "cms"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 31
comments: 2
language: en
---

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# 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: <https://posthog.com/blog/github-cms?utm_source=pointer&utm_medium=newsletter>

## 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. Is MDN website uses it for the documentations pages?

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