Lektor CMS

Lektor CMS is a flexible and powerful static content management system for building complex and beautiful websites out of flat files — for people who do not want to make a compromise between a CMS and a static blog engine.

Deploy Anywhere:
Lektor builds out 100% static HTML you can deploy them to any host (including S3, GitHub Pages, any web host, etc.).

100% File Based:
All source data is well structured and can be tracked in a version control system or cloud storage like Dropbox.

Flat-File Database:
All source data is stored in a flat-file tree database and can be freely queried. The layout of that data is completely configurable.

Customizable Admin:
Lektor comes fully equipped with a flexible and beautiful admin interface so you can edit your pages without having to touch the raw sources.

Dependency Tracking:
The build process intelligently tracks page dependencies such that it only rebuilds pages that have changed.

Image Tools:
Create thumbnails and give convenient access to EXIF data.

Plugin System:
Lektor supports loading plugins that can customize a wide range of functionality.

Python API:
The build system is written in Python and provides a documented API to extend it and integrate into other apps.

Multilingual:
Lektor CMS allows you to easily create localized websites.

Open Source:
Lektor at its core is a three clause BSD licensed Open Source project written in Python and Node.js.