
A minimal CMS for Middleman
Middleman is Marvelous! Collaborating on it with your entire team not so much. Say hello to Spinal. 👋

Middleman, a beloved Ruby-based Static Site Generator that has been around since 2011, is widely recognized for its focus on clean, maintainable code and its included generator, which encourages the use of reusable components.
With a vibrant community of developers and users, Middleman offers a wide range of plugins and extensions that help developers streamline tasks like responsive image handling and dynamic content generation, making it a top choice for creating modern, high-performance static websites.
Effortlessly manage your content with a git-based Middleman CMS
Spinal is designed to seamlessly connect with your GitHub repository, enabling you to quickly and easily publish your content. The process is so effortless, it takes just a few clicks to get started! All you need to do is select your repository, specify where your Markdown files in Middleman are located, and your content is automatically imported into your Spinal dashboard. Unlike other content management systems, there's no need to spend time and effort fiddling with APIs, mapping Frontmatter, or dealing with other quirky setup procedures. But a quick set up and ready for your team to start writing content.
By leveraging the power of Git, Spinal allows you to work with your entire team to create and publish the best content possible. Whether you're a developer or a marketer, Spinal makes it easy to collaborate on the content in your Middleman site and streamline your workflow. And with Spinal's intuitive dashboard, you can easily manage your content, get a clear view of upcoming content and keep your team up to date.
Adored by both developers and non-developers
Your developers love Middleman for its focus on clean, maintainable code and the vast community of plugins and extensions that contribute to its continued growth. However, with Spinal's minimal, beautiful, and powerful WYSIWYG editor, you can empower the rest of your team to write, update, and schedule content for your marketing site with ease.
Spinal's intuitive interface makes it easy for non-technical team members to create and publish content, without requiring them to learn complex coding languages or workflows. With just a few clicks, the content can be scheduled and published to your marketing site, thanks to Spinal's seamless integration with GitHub.
With this new superpower, your team can collaborate more efficiently and get more done in less time. An ideal solution for both small and large teams, looking to optimize their workflow and create compelling marketing content to drive growth.
Work with your entire team on the content of your Middleman site
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Beautiful, minimal editor
The WYSIWYG-editor that is minimal and beautiful, yet powerful. Your writers will love to use it.
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Create, edit and schedule all your Middleman content
From your blog, to your documentation or changelog. You can create, update and schedule all the marketing content for your Middleman site.
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Nothing to install
Spinal is a git-based CMS. It connects to your Middleman's GitHub repo to pull content you already have and pushes new content you create, edit and schedule.
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Lock editing
Know when someone from your team is editing content, so there will be no conflicts.
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Work together with your entire team
Leave comments on drafts, proofread upcoming content, request changes and improve existing content.
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Set permissions
Edit who can create content, publish content or invite new team members.
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Search your content
With Spinal's powerful search, you will easily find any of your content.
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Customise to fit your content
Customise how your content is ordered, change the icon, toggle Frontmatter columns and group by content by Frontmatter keys.
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Thank you for Spinal, it's what we've dreamt of! 😃
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Updating our website used to be a time-consuming and manual process. Now it's a breeze.
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Game-changer for our team!
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Improved our team's efficiency when it comes to managing website content. Highly recommend it!
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Easy to use and update content!
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Spinal has proven to be an invaluable tool for our non-dev team.
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Love the UI ❤️
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The simplicity has made it easy for our non-technical team members to contribute to the website.
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So glad we found it!
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Made it so much easier for our team to update the website without developers. Love it!
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Got even the developers writing docs now 😅
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Can you get excited about a CMS? Yes! 🤓
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Much easier now to keep our marketing site up to date.
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Used to struggle to keep our website up to date, but Spinal made it really easy to manage.
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Setup was simple and fast. We were up and running in no time.
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