---
title: "You don’t always need a CMS"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/you-don-t-always-need-a-cms-ff-b4ho-g
source_url: https://dev.to/dailydevtips1/you-dont-always-need-a-cms-ch
type: article
source: "DEV"
author: "Chris Bongers"
published: 2022-03-09T00:11:50.358Z
updated: 2026-03-15T05:11:27.246Z
tags: ["cms", "general-programming", "github", "html"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 59
comments: 2
language: en
---

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# You don’t always need a CMS

**[DEV](https://daily.dev/sources/devto)** · [@dailydevtips](https://daily.dev/dailydevtips) · 3 min read · 59 upvotes · 2 comments

## Summary

When it comes to websites, blogs, and whatnot, we often expect to find a CMS power these systems. I get a lot of questions about what CMS powers my blog. I'll explain that while telling you why you don't always need a CMS.What is a CMS? It stands for "Content Management System"

## Full article

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@sshanzel** · 1 upvotes

> Nice article @idoshamun check it out. @InHuOfficial

**@elmiur** · 0 upvotes

> Not wanting to use CMS only applies to developers. All clients need CMS to manage their content unless they don't have many updates for the site itself or they don't want to do it themself.

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