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Keystatic
What it is
Keystatic makes Markdown, JSON, and YAML content in a codebase editable through an admin interface or directly in files. It also supports Markdoc and MDX, with integration guides for Astro, Next.js, and Remix. Content can be stored locally, written directly to GitHub, or kept in both locations, and the homepage describes the product as requiring no database. Keystatic includes a Reader API for retrieving data from a project directory and supports visual editing, live preview, branching workflows, and Git-based deployment. Keystatic Cloud connects to GitHub so team members can edit without individual GitHub accounts. Each Cloud team can contain multiple projects, and all users in that team can access every project. Optional Cloud Images stores, optimizes, and delivers web images. Cloud Pro offers experimental real-time editing on one document by multiple people. The free plan allows up to three users per team with unlimited teams and projects. Cloud Pro starts at $10/month, with $5/month for each additional user beyond three. The project is described as experimental.
For and against
For
- Supports Markdown, JSON, YAML, Markdoc, and MDX
- Can save locally or to GitHub
- No database required
- Free plan includes unlimited teams and projects
- Cloud Pro offers experimental multiplayer editing
Against
- Project is described as experimental
- Free teams allow up to three users
- Additional users cost $5/month each
- Cloud multiplayer editing is experimental
The verdict
Keystatic connects a codebase’s content files with an administrative editing experience and Git workflows. Its free tier covers small teams, while larger teams and image or multiplayer features require Cloud Pro.
Who it suits
Keystatic suits developers and teams managing file-based content in Astro, Next.js, Remix, or similar codebases. It is useful when GitHub-backed editing, no-database storage, or optional collaborative cloud features are needed.
Plans and prices
Keystatic Cloud Free
Unlimited teams and projects · Up to 3 users per team
Read 15 Oct 2026 · keystatic.com
Keystatic Cloud Pro
More than 3 users · Additional users cost $5/month each · Multiplayer editing · Cloud Images
Read 15 Oct 2026 · keystatic.com
Free
Up to 3 users per team · unlimited teams and projects
Read 2 Oct 2026 · keystatic.com
On the record
- CLI scaffolding
- The CLI command npm create @keystatic@latest creates a Next.js, Astro or Remix project with Keystatic integrated.keystatic.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Cloud authentication
- Keystatic Cloud handles GitHub authentication without requiring users to configure environment variables or a custom GitHub app.keystatic.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Cloud Images
- Cloud Images stores, transforms and serves optimized images without placing image binaries in the GitHub repository.keystatic.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Cloud multiplayer
- The Pro plan includes experimental real-time multiplayer editing on the same document.keystatic.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Cloud team access
- Cloud projects are grouped into teams, and access is assigned at team level across that team's projects.keystatic.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Collaboration
- Keystatic Cloud Pro offers experimental real-time multi-player editing on the same document.keystatic.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Collections and singletons
- Content structures are defined with collections for repeated entries and singletons for one-off records.keystatic.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Community support
- Official support channels listed are GitHub Discussions, Discord and X/Twitter.keystatic.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Content formats
- The product supports Markdown, YAML and JSON content formats.keystatic.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Database model
- Keystatic describes itself as requiring no database.keystatic.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- The documentation includes framework guides, core concepts, configuration references and individual field API pages.keystatic.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Editorial score on Lucky Media
- Lucky Media gives Keystatic an overall score of 2.7 out of 5.luckymedia.dev · read 15 Oct 2026
- Editorial score on Propicked
- Propicked gives Keystatic an editorial score of 7.9 out of 10.propicked.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Frameworks
- The docs provide integration guides for Astro, Next.js and Remix.keystatic.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- GitHub reader
- A createGitHubReader function reads a configured repository using a personal access token.keystatic.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Image transformations
- Cloud image URLs accept fit, format, quality, height and width parameters, with dimensions up to 10,240 pixels.keystatic.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: custom fields
- An open feature discussion says custom field types complicate the internal API and have slowed core development.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: editorial workflow
- Lucky Media reports that approval-before-publish, scheduling and localization features are missing or immature.luckymedia.dev · read 15 Oct 2026
