Sveltia CMS
Shares rank 5 of 9 content management systems by recommenders
Free git-based CMS for static sites with a mobile-friendly editing interface, which some users prefer over Decap and Pages CMS.
Free git-based CMS for static sites with a mobile-friendly editing interface, which some users prefer over Decap and Pages CMS.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Git-based editing for static sites
“moving to Sveltia as my CMS (Astro markdown blog), after exploring multiple other options”
Comment from 9 Mar 2026 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)” “I just built my own photo blog on Hugo with SveltiaCMS”
Comment from 26 Apr 2026 in “Flickr: The First and Last Great Photo Platform” “for that a git-based CMS like Sveltia is really nice”
Comment from 24 Feb 2026 in “A simple web we own” Mobile-friendly editing
“Static website use headless CMS to give a more pleasant and mobile-friendly UI.”
Comment from 5 Apr 2026 in “The CMS is dead. Long live the CMS” “it works well for writing on my phone”
Comment from 13 Apr 2026 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)” Preferred over other CMS options
“moving to Sveltia as my CMS (Astro markdown blog), after exploring multiple other options”
Comment from 9 Mar 2026 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)” “in my experience is much better than NetlifyCMS/Decap or PagesCMS”
Comment from 12 Apr 2026 in “The End of Eleventy”
Other content management systems people recommend
The four most recommended other content management systems, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WordPress | 194 | 326 | 37% | 12 | 15 yrs25 owners | — |
| EmDash | 67 | 91 | 42% | 7 | — | — |
| Drupal | 30 | 48 | 38% | 9 | 6 yrs3 owners | — |
| Wagtail CMS | 11 | 1 | 92% | 5 | — | Approved |
| Sveltia CMSThis page | 7 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
9 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“to give those WYSIWYG-people access to static site editing”
“I just built my own photo blog on Hugo with SveltiaCMS”
“it works well for writing on my phone”
“in my experience is much better than NetlifyCMS/Decap or PagesCMS”
“Static website use headless CMS to give a more pleasant and mobile-friendly UI.”
“their oath page assumes the repo remote is also the IdP”
“moving to Sveltia as my CMS (Astro markdown blog), after exploring multiple other options”
“for that a git-based CMS like Sveltia is really nice”
“reducing iteration friction matters more than having complete control”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.