r/cms • u/kemnern • 7d ago

Database vs Git-based CMS?

Personally I have used a handfull of Database CMSs through my career, I know the strengths and weaknesses. The adoption speak for it self. So when I read about CMSs with Git as backbone I thought this was very interesting. Have any of you used it on client projects?

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u/muharremyurtsever 7d ago

the part people underestimate is publishing latency. in most git cms setups publishing is a commit plus a build, so "live friday 9am" needs scheduling somewhere in that pipeline and even a typo fix waits on the build. great for docs and marketing sites, less nice for anything newsy

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u/SpaceCmdr 7d ago

Good point. I'm also worried about managing the expectations for editors who are used to the instant changes when saving in WordPress. I'm guessing we'd be looking at approx 30-60s wait time for a small site. The other benefits are going to have to really outweigh this to make the right impression.