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title: What is TinaCMS?
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last_edited: '2025-07-11T07:33:46.510Z'
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[TinaCMS](https://tina.io) is a Headless Git-backed CMS for developers.
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A headless CMS is a tool that stores content and sends it to any website or app through an API, without controlling the frontend implementation.
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It lets you build a custom content editing portal using React, with changes stored as flat files and committed straight to Git.
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This exists separately to your website, which hooks into TinaCMS and pulls that content from Git (see below).
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For more details, check out the TinaCMS [documentation](https://tina.io/docs).
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If you have further questions, feel free to join the TinaCMS community on [Discord](https://discord.com/invite/zumN63Ybpf).
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## Why TinaCMS?
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This may or may not be the right fit for your project.
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| Feature | Key Benefit |
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| ---------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| Flat-file based data storage | Flat files make migrations and data storage straightforward – with markdown and mdx as common content file-types. |
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| GitHub Workflow | Favors teams that want to or already have GitHub based projects – and allows code and documentation to sit side by side in a mono-repo. |
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| Headless | You can change your content model and website independently. |
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| Custom Editing Interface | You can tailor your editing panel with custom components for custom validation, data, etc. |
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| **Open Source** | **Modify the project as you need, or help maintain it 🫶** |
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