Outstatic

Static CMS for Markdown and MDX, with content stored in GitHub.

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Outstatic gives you a visual dashboard for creating, editing, and publishing Markdown and MDX content. Your content is automatically committed to your GitHub repository and deployed with your website.

No database. No hosted CMS backend. No complicated setup.

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Quick start

The fastest way to see how Outstatic works is to use the hosted dashboard.

Create a free account and start managing Markdown in your GitHub repositories without installing anything.

Prefer to self-host?

Follow the getting started guide to add Outstatic to your own Next.js project.

Key features

• 📝 Visual dashboard for editing Markdown and MDX
• 💾 Commits content directly to your GitHub repository
• 🚀 Works without a database or external CMS backend
• 🏠 Self-host with your existing Next.js app
• 🧩 Add custom fields for structured content
• 🤖 Use AI completions for faster writing

Who is Outstatic for?

Outstatic is useful if you want:

• A CMS for a Markdown or MDX website
• Content stored in GitHub instead of a database
• A dashboard your team can use without editing files manually
• A simple way to manage blog posts, docs, changelogs, landing pages, or resource libraries
• A CMS that works well with static sites and modern Next.js projects

See how Outstatic works

Self-hosting

Outstatic can be installed in your own Next.js app, so your content workflow stays close to your codebase.

Use the self-hosted setup if you want to:

• Keep full control of your app and deployment
• Store content as files in your repository
• Avoid managing a separate CMS database
• Let editors publish content without manually editing Markdown files

Read the getting started guide

Documentation

Visit the full documentation to learn how to install, configure, and use Outstatic.

Read the documentation

Support the project

Your sponsorship helps fund ongoing development, maintenance, and support for Outstatic.

With just $5 a month, you can help keep the project moving forward.

👉 View options and contribute on GitHub Sponsors

🥈 Silver Sponsors

Stay up to date

Outstatic is constantly improving with new features, fixes, and documentation updates.

If you find the project useful, you can support it by starring the repository.

Tech stack

Outstatic is built with:

• Next.js - framework
• TanStack Query - state management and data fetching
• GitHub - content storage and auth
• Tiptap - text editor
• OpenAI and Vercel AI Gateway - AI completions
• Vercel AI SDK - AI library
• Tailwind CSS - styles
• Novel - AI completions and slash command

Community

Join the community to ask questions, share ideas, and show what you are building with Outstatic.

• GitHub Discussions
• Discord
• X / Twitter

Author

• Andre Vitorio (@andrevitorio)

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING.md.

Learn more

Want to see what Outstatic can do?

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