Netlify CMS is releasing support for GitLab as a backend, creating the world’s first completely open source stack for Git-based content editing. We heard you (and you, and you, and you)! While you want to use Netlify CMS as the headless content management system for your Jamstack projects, all of your code lives in GitLab. …
Netlify CMS stores content in your GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket repository. In order for this to work, it must authenticate with your Git host. In most cases that requires a server. We have a few options for handling this. Note: If you prefer to run your own authentication server, check out the section on external …
Overview A backend is JavaScript code that allows Netlify CMS to communicate with a service that stores content – typically a Git host like GitHub or GitLab. It provides functions that Netlify CMS can use to do things like read and update files using API’s provided by the service. Backend Configuration Individual backends should provide …