TinaCMS
by TinaCMS · Open-source Git-based headless CMS with visual Markdown editing
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Overview
TinaCMS is an open-source headless CMS that keeps content as Markdown in a Git repository and lets editors change it visually on the page. It is added to an existing codebase with npx create-tina-app, and a TinaDocs starter covers documentation sites. TinaCloud is the paid hosted layer, adding users, roles, editorial workflow and support.
- Best for
- Developers on Git-based Markdown sites who want editors changing content visually in-context
- Pricing
- Free plan for 2 users, then TinaCloud at $29/month (Team), $49/month (Team Plus) or $299/month (Business) per project, with Enterprise priced on request.
- Runs on
- WebSelf-hostedCLI
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Open-source CMS storing content as Markdown in your Git repo
- Visual, in-context editing for non-developer editors
- Free forever plan for 2 users on one project
- TinaDocs starter for documentation with zero configuration
Trade-offs
- Every plan, including Enterprise, covers a single project
- 100 MB asset size cap on all plans
- Only 2 roles until the $299/month Business plan
- AI features marked coming soon; API is beta on Business only
Pricing
Published plans and prices from TinaCMS’s own pricing page.
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
MCP support
Whether an agent can drive the product through the Model Context Protocol, and how much setup that takes.
API quality
Public API surface: machine-readable spec, official SDKs, documented auth, errors, rate limits and versioning.
Documentation
Publicly reachable docs — coverage, freshness, code samples and machine readability.
Agent friendliness
How readable the site is to an automated client: llms.txt, structured data, server-rendered content, crawler access.
Pricing transparency
Whether real prices are published, self-serve signup exists, and usage costs are knowable without a sales call.
Changelog
A public, dated record of what shipped and when — the clearest signal that a product is still alive.
Marketing site structure
Whether the site answers a buyer's questions: clear positioning, the pages that matter, and accessibility.
Page speed
How fast the site loads for real visitors: Chrome UX Report 75th-percentile LCP, INP and CLS, with a Lighthouse mobile run standing in where a site has too little traffic for field data.
Operational trust
Status page and incident history, security disclosure, compliance and data-processing documentation.
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
Openness
Source availability, self-hosting, data export and open standards. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — paid SaaS is not worse for being paid SaaS.
Maintenance
Release cadence and repository activity. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — it is only measurable for open repositories.
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Where this comes from
The TinaCMS pages BenchRank reads when it scores the product — its documentation, release notes, status and security pages, and its repository where there is one.
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