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# An Interesting CMS With Version Control is Now Open-Source!
- URL: https://itsfoss.com/news/tinacms-open-source/
- Published: 2023-11-23T09:58:41.000Z
- Updated: 2023-11-23T09:58:56.000Z
- Description: Welcoming another project to the open-source world!
- Author: Sourav Rudra
- Tags: Open Source, News, #Import 2025-11-08 21:15

Another one joins the [open-source CMS](https://itsfoss.com/open-source-cms/) club! With a recent announcement, **TinaCMS has gone completely open-source**, and is now **easier to self-host**.

If you are not familiar, a CMS (content management system) is a handy way of managing the content of a website; some popular names include **WordPress**, **Ghost** and **Joomla**.

In the case of [TinaCMS](https://tina.io/?ref=itsfoss.com), it is a [headless CMS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headless%5Fcontent%5Fmanagement%5Fsystem?ref=itsfoss.com) that features support for the Git version control system, with a focus on being code-first and fully typed. A couple of popular companies like Unity utilize it to maintain their documentation 🤯

Without further ado, let's dive into this.

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## TinaCMS: What to Expect?

![a screenshot of the tinacms website](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/11/TinaCMS.png)

Building on the work they did on the first release of their self-hosted TinaCMS backend, the developers have now made TinaCMS completely open-source, available under the [Apache 2.0 license](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0?ref=itsfoss.com).

Earlier, **the self-hosted backend was offered under a “source available” license.** But, as we have seen in the past, it can turn out to be limiting in certain cases. The updated license should now more accurately reflect the open-source nature of TinaCMS.

James O'Halloran from TinaCMS also added that:

> While this was a very permissive license, we still want developers to feel comfortable building on TinaCMS without fearing that they'll hit a ceiling.

More power to the developers if you ask me! 😄

[![Follow It's FOSS on Google News](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/04/Follow-us-on-Google-News.png)](https://news.google.com/publications/CAAqBwgKMInpoAswofO4Aw?ref=itsfoss.com)

Seeing that, would you be **interested in deploying your own TinaCMS instance?**

If yes, then there are two main ways of self-hosting TinaCMS.

The first one is the most straightforward, with the developers also showcasing a demo for it. It is via a [GitHub](https://github.com/?ref=itsfoss.com)/[Vercel](https://vercel.com/?ref=itsfoss.com) implementation that can be built in a matter of minutes.

You can see for yourself. 👇

📋

You can access the self-hosted demo on [GitHub](https://github.com/tinacms/tina-self-hosted-demo?ref=itsfoss.com).

The other way is to **deploy it on other platforms**, the **self-hosted version of TinaCMS does not require Vercel**, it can be used with any [framework supported by TinaCMS](https://tina.io/docs/integration/frameworks/?ref=itsfoss.com).

You just have to **make sure that your platform supports express request handlers** so that the backend API can function properly.

For additional information regarding deployment, I suggest that you visit the [official documentation](https://tina.io/docs/self-hosted/overview/?ref=itsfoss.com).

You may also through the official [announcement blog](https://tina.io/blog/Tinacms-is-now-fully-open-source/?ref=itsfoss.com) to dive deeper.

*💬 This year has seen plenty of projects being made open-source. Which ones do you think should be made open next?*