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Building with AI: Git-based vs headless vs traditional CMS
Compare monolithic, headless, and Git-based CMSs on content portability, version control, and AI accessibility — and see why Git wins for AI workflows.
CloudCannon + Astro: performance meets powerful content management
CloudCannon is teaming up with Astro as a featured CMS partner, and we couldn’t be more enthusiastic about what this means for our users.
Introducing the Astro Component Starter
Meet the Astro Component Starter — a solid foundation of pre-built, accessible components, optimized for editing in CloudCannon.
Introducing Jetstream — built on the Astro Component Starter
Jetstream is a marketing and business template — our first complete template built on the Astro Component Starter — and it's available now.
Why we switched to the system font stack
Why we moved from a custom web font to the system font stack: faster load times, better accessibility, and fuller Unicode coverage.
Redesigning CloudCannon’s docs with Diátaxis, Lume, and Pagefind
CloudCannon's new documentation site uses the Diátaxis framework to better serve developers and non-technical users with improved structure and search.
Make content editing more visual: upgraded Editable Regions
Learn how CloudCannon's Editable Regions transform static site editing by letting content teams edit directly on the page.
How Configuration Mode makes building editing interfaces easy
Configure CloudCannon visually with instant feedback. Edit collections, inputs, and navigation in real-time without deployment delays.
Your hosting just got an upgrade (and a price cut)
As more businesses have chosen CloudCannon, our bandwidth costs have decreased. And since you made this possible, we’re giving those savings back to you.
Custom testing domains for professional branding
CloudCannon now offers Custom Testing Domains for Partners, Team, and Enterprise customers — ideal for client projects.
Keep your content consistent with input validation
CloudCannon now offers powerful input validation rules for developers to ensure content teams provide exactly the right data. Set text length limits, number ranges, array controls, file size restrictions, and custom error messages to maintain data integrity and improve content quality.
Simplify team publishing with conflict resolution and domain tools
CloudCannon’s most recent release brings improvements to reduce friction in your publishing workflow by providing intuitive conflict resolution tools, and a more organized domain management experience.
Open Beta: Publishing Conflict Resolution
CloudCannon's latest Open Beta introduces in-app conflict resolution, streamlined publishing workflows, centralized domain management, and enhanced Source Editor features for improved developer experience.
Getting started with CloudCannon and Astro: Bookshop, components, and live editing
Implement Bookshop in your Astro website for live visual editing in CloudCannon. This tutorial guides you through component refactoring and configuration.
Welcome to the CloudCannon Community!
We've launched a new community for CloudCannon users to share implementation tips, solve technical challenges, and connect with platform experts.
Omnichannel delivery is just marketing spin from API-based CMS companies
Discover how Git-based CMS solutions offer advantages over traditional and API-based alternatives by unifying content and code management, ensuring version control, and empowering both developers and content teams.
Getting started with CloudCannon and Astro: Snippets and Collections
Learn how to enhance your Astro site on CloudCannon by implementing Snippets for complex components, reorganizing Collections, and optimizing image paths.
Managing digital assets in CloudCannon: a guide to smart asset storage
Learn how CloudCannon's Digital Asset Management (DAM) integrations solve Git storage limits and slow build times — while providing advanced asset organization, transformations, and CDN delivery for your websites.
Understanding CloudCannon's branching workflows and Projects: a complete guide
Learn how CloudCannon's branching workflows and Projects features help teams manage website changes through Publish Branches, branch sites, and flexible publishing options. Perfect for content teams of any size.
What is a static website?
If performance, security, and stability matter to you, then you’ll want to use static for your next web project.
CloudCannon’s 2024 wrapped
Key features launched in 2024 to help you build and edit your static sites — and a glimpse at what's coming to CloudCannon early next year.
Getting started with CloudCannon and Astro: WYSIWYG blogging
How to get started setting up and customizing your blog on an Astro site using CloudCannon's Schemas and Content Editor.
Jamstack vs. WordPress: reasons to make the change
WordPress and Jamstack can be used for the same purposes. If you’re reading this, you’re probably curious or even on the fence about switching.
The top five static site generators for 2025 (and when to use them!)
What are the top five static site generators for 2025? Should you choose the most popular framework, the site builder you already know how to use, or the SSG best suited to your new website project's use case? We've assessed five leading SSGs covering a wide range of uses cases.
Free Jekyll themes for 2025: ten great community options
There is a great catalog of popular, modern Jekyll themes to choose from and customize to make your life easier.
Eleventy (11ty) vs. Hugo
A deep dive into the differences and similarities between Eleventy (11ty) and Hugo — two excellent and incredibly fast static site generators (SSGs).
How to set up WYSIWYG editing with MkDocs Material
Set up a rich content editing experience that brings collaborative WYSIWYG editing to the MkDocs Material build flow in minutes.
The rise of static-first websites: why major brands are making the switch
New data from the 2024 Web Almanac reveals a striking 67% growth in static and hybrid website architectures among the top 10,000 most-visited sites. So why are big sites making the shift to static?
Watching your Core Web Vitals on Jamstack
Learn about three major performance metrics, and how to measure a site’s loading time, time to interactivity, and visual stability.
Understanding the difference between static, dynamic, and hybrid websites
Understanding the difference between static, dynamic, and hybrid approaches is key to making the right choice for your digital presence.
Looking for an alternative to Netlify CMS or Decap CMS?
If you’ve been looking for an alternative to Netlify CMS or Decap CMS for your static sites, CloudCannon is here to help.
Designing components for your website editors: a CloudCannon case study
How to design page components for content editors and website visitors — including free design files for you to adapt, remix, and reuse on your own site.
Does my website look big in this? Six tips to lower your page weight
There are some large bandwidth and data savings we can make on our static websites and the tools we use on them.
Content is sacred — so own your revision history
If content truly is sacred to the most widely used CMS in the world, wouldn't it use Git? If content is important to you, it's time to consider a Git-based CMS.
The eternal balancing act: load time vs. delay time
Two critical aspects of the frontend development balancing act are load time and delay time. How can we optimize these factors for better website performance?
Streamlined Headless Mode, Unified Configuration, and live data editing
CloudCannon users can now access a streamlined Headless Mode, simplified builds via a Unified Configuration option, and live data and configuration editing.
What is a headless CMS?
What is a headless CMS and how does it work? A headless CMS separates the frontend from the backend to allow for greater flexibility for content delivery.
Looking for a TinaCMS or Tina Cloud alternative?
If you’ve been looking for an alternative to TinaCMS or Tina Cloud for your static sites, CloudCannon is here to help.
The ultimate guide to Hugo Sections
Everything you've always wanted to know about how Hugo's sections and page bundles work. (Including the “_index.md or index.md” question!)
Coming soon: Live config editing and data reloading
Coming soon to CloudCannon: live data reloading and configuration editing, a streamlined headless mode, simplified build processes, and easier Site creation.
Faster publishing workflows out now!
As of our latest release, CloudCannon users with publishing workflows will be able to edit their newly branched sites considerably faster than before.
Why information architecture matters for your website
Information architecture (IA) is a framework that can allow web content teams’ creativity to flourish — all within carefully defined (and designed) limits.
Website UX vs SEO: picking your battles
How can website developers balance SEO-directed performance tweaks that are at odds with a seamless user experience?
Easily manage your multilingual Astro site in CloudCannon
Introducing CloudCannon’s new starter for multilingual Astro sites, a translation workflow that greatly reduces site maintenance overheads.
How you can optimize publishing workflows for your content team
CloudCannon's drafting and publishing workflows can tie all of your optimizations together, offering enhanced control, flexibility, and coordination.
How you can optimize your CMS for SEO success
Developers can set up the SEO fields you’ll need to ensure your pages are visible to search engines — and look great when they’re shared on social sites.
How you can optimize your Content Editor for long-form articles
With CloudCannon's Content Editor you can focus on how to construct your writing — and extend your page's functionality with Snippets.
How you can optimize your Visual Editor for page building
A guide to optimizing your visual editing experience with CloudCannon.
Secure, swift, and stable: static sites for the financial sector
To improve security and reduce costs, banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions should give serious thought to adopting static websites.