Alternative to Forestry

Spinal is an alternative to Forestry.io. Forestry was discontinued in March 2023, so many moved to the best git-based CMS for content marketing: Spinal.

preview of Spinal posts edit screen with navigation on the left, content with a markdown toolbar in the middle and the comments panel on the right

Forestry is, just like Spinal, a Git-based CMS and started in 2016. Forestry is a solid product used by companies around the world.

But as they are moving in a new direction, the product wss discontinued (in March 2023), meaning it’s no longer in active development.

Feature-rich, but less for content marketing

Over the years Forestry built a rich feature-set. From a solid markdown editor to a media library. Forestry ticked most of the boxes of any good CMS. But if you wanted more collaborative features to improve the content your team creates, you were out of luck.

Spinal vs Forestry feature comparison

Spinal is designed with SaaS teams in mind. They are looking for a product they can rely on for years to come, instead of switching to another product that is still in development.

	Spinal	Forestry
Price	$29/month	Starts at $29/month
Set up Based on time to set up	Very easy	Easy
Collaborators Team members you can simultaneously collaborate with	10	5 (more at higher plan)
Scheduling Schedule content to be published automatically
Kanban workflow Progress content in a kanban-like workflow
Fine-grained Access Next to roles and permissions, give access to specific content types
Self Host
Built for SSG Built specifically for static site generators
Git-based Allows you to simply sync your content through GitHub
Rich Text Editor
Calendar view View published and scheduled content in a calendar
Outputs Markdown Outputs markdown without extra work
Edit Lock Locks content for team members to edit
Comments & Notes Collaborate on content with your team
Image Support
Version History See previous versions of content
Active Development Is the product still being developed
Compare	Compare pricing	Compare pricing

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The UI is so clean and intuitive. Pure bliss compared to other CMS' we've tried.

Is Spinal Git-based?

Yes! Just like Forestry was. Setting up Spinal is as simple as connecting your GitHub repo and you are good to go.
How many people can I add to my Spinal account?

10! The past years, ten members proved to be enough. You can always invite more if needed though. Get in touch with support for the details.
Does Spinal have support for images?

Yes! Just drag/drop any image into your content or frontmatter and it gets pushed to your GitHub repo.
Does Spinal supports my favourite static site generator?

Proably! Spinal supports the most popular static site generators in the industry. See them all.
You are not suddenly going to work on another product, are you?

Ever since we privately launched in early 2022, Spinal has been growing steadily. We are just getting started.

We'll move you from Forestry to Spinal. For free!

While getting started with Spinal is as easy as connecting your GitHub repo, Spinal provides a concierge service to every new (trialing) customer. Maybe you want to go over some settings? Or get help inviting your team? All at no extra charge. Start your 5-day free trial and contact support for all the details.