Front Matter CMS

Front Matter is a content management system that runs inside Visual Studio Code. It gives writers and developers a dashboard and editing tools for the Markdown and front matter of static sites, so content can be managed without leaving the editor. It works with generators such as Hugo, Jekyll, Hexo, Next.js, and Gatsby, and is released under the MIT license.

Because it is a VS Code extension, content stays in your repository as plain files and is versioned with Git like the rest of the site. The topics cover Markdown, static-site generation, and content management, and the project has a documentation website.

The README includes a note from the maintainer about 2026 priorities: the extension will continue to be maintained because he uses it daily, but major changes will happen only for personal reasons, company commitments, or strong community support, and feature requests may take longer, as open-source work is shifting away from being his main focus. It suits developers who run Markdown-based sites and want a lightweight CMS.