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# CloudCannon

> CloudCannon is a Git-based content management system (CMS) that gives non-technical editors a visual editing interface for static sites built with Astro, Eleventy, Hugo, Jekyll, Next.js, Nuxt, SvelteKit, and other SSGs. All content is stored in your Git repository — no proprietary database, no vendor lock-in.
 
Important notes:
 
- CloudCannon sits on top of your existing codebase and Git workflow, providing editors with a way to update content without writing code.
- CloudCannon supports GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket as Git providers. Every editor action results in a Git commit.
- The primary way to enable visual editing for Astro sites is through **Editable Regions** — HTML `data-` attributes and web components you add to your Astro layouts and components. Editable Regions work with your existing code; you don't need to restructure your project.
- **Bookshop** is an alternative (and older) approach to visual editing that uses a component development framework with its own directory conventions. Editable Regions are the recommended path for new Astro projects.
- CloudCannon provides four editing interfaces: the **Visual Editor** (live page preview with inline editing via Editable Regions), the **Content Editor** (WYSIWYG Markdown editing), the **Data Editor** (structured data and front matter editing), and the **Source Editor** (in-browser code editing).
- Hosting is included on all plans (CDN via Cloudflare), but you can also deploy to any hosting provider that supports Git-based deploys.
- CloudCannon configuration lives in a `cloudcannon.config.yml` file at the root of your repository.

## Documentation, Getting Started, Configuration, and Guides

- [Documentation for LLMs](https://cloudcannon.com/documentation/llms.txt): Documentation-specific LLMs.txt with information regarding all user guides, developer guides, and reference material

## Editing interfaces
 
- [Visual Editor](https://cloudcannon.com/documentation/developer-guides/set-up-visual-editing/an-overview-of-editable-regions/): Live preview with inline editing via Editable Regions or Bookshop components.
- [Content Editor](https://cloudcannon.com/documentation/user-guides/): WYSIWYG rich text editing for Markdown and MDX files.
- [Data Editor](https://cloudcannon.com/documentation/user-guides/): Form-based editing for structured data (front matter, YAML, JSON).
 
## Collaboration and publishing
 
- [Collaboration overview](https://cloudcannon.com/documentation/guides/universal-starter-guide/collaboration/): Adding team members, permission groups, Site Sharing, and Client Sharing.
- [Staging workflow with Projects](https://cloudcannon.com/documentation/developer-guides/staging-workflow-guide/creating-a-project/): Using CloudCannon Projects to manage staging branches, review workflows, and multi-site publishing.
 
## Hosting and deployment
 
- [CloudCannon DNS](https://cloudcannon.com/documentation/developer-articles/configure-cloudcannon-dns/): Configuring custom domains, SSL certificates, and DNS records.

## Tutorials and examples

- [Creating an Astro site: beginners' tutorial](https://cloudcannon.com/tutorials/astro-beginners-tutorial-series/): End-to-end Astro tutorial from project setup to deployment on CloudCannon.
- [Getting started with CloudCannon and Astro: Snippets and Collections](https://cloudcannon.com/blog/getting-started-with-cloudcannon-and-astro-snippets-and-collections/): Implementing Snippets for complex content components and reorganising Collections.
- [Getting started with CloudCannon and Astro: Bookshop, components, and live editing](https://cloudcannon.com/blog/getting-started-with-cloudcannon-and-astro-bookshop-components-and-live-editing/): Implementing Bookshop for component-based live editing.
- [Introducing the Astro Component Starter](https://cloudcannon.com/blog/introducing-the-astro-component-starter/): Overview of the Component Starter, design tokens, and page building with CloudCannon's visual editor.

## Starter templates
 
- [Astro Minimal Starter (Editable Regions)](https://cloudcannon.com/templates/astro-minimal-starter/): A minimal starting point using Editable Regions for visual editing. Demonstrates text, image, array, source, and component regions. Recommended for new projects.
- [Astro Bookshop Starter](https://cloudcannon.com/templates/astro-starter/): A starting point using Bookshop components for visual editing.
- [Astro Minimal Starter on GitHub](https://github.com/CloudCannon/astro-minimal-starter): Source code for the Editable Regions starter, including project structure and configuration examples.
- [Astro Bookshop Starter on GitHub](https://github.com/CloudCannon/astro-starter): Source code for the Bookshop starter.

## Pricing
 
- [Pricing page](https://cloudcannon.com/pricing/): Lite, Standard, Team, and Enterprise plans. 14-day free trial. Hosting included on all plans.

## Additional Resources

- [CloudCannon Community](https://community.cloudcannon.com/): Discussion forum for questions, feature requests, and sharing.
- [CloudCannon Documentation](https://cloudcannon.com/documentation/): Full documentation site.
- [CloudCannon User Guides](https://cloudcannon.com/documentation/user-guides/): Guides for editors and non-technical users.
- [CloudCannon User Glossary](https://cloudcannon.com/documentation/user-glossary/): Definitions of CloudCannon-specific terminology.
- [Status page](https://status.cloudcannon.com/): Service status and incident reports
- [Changelog](https://cloudcannon.com/documentation/changelog/): Latest product updates and releases