Forestry.io

#1

Post by achairapart » Sat, Jul 02, 2016, 9:11 PM UTC

Re: Forestry.io

#2

Post by ljoshua » Sat, Jul 02, 2016, 10:14 PM UTC

Ooh, looks nice. I assume it's going to be a service though? Anyone know of similar style products out there that are self-hosted or open source? I have several scenarios where it would be great to tie together a static repo, an on-demand CMS like this, and the pushed final product, just like this looks like it will do.

Requested access though, looking forward to seeing more.

Re: Forestry.io

#3

Post by mablap » Sat, Jul 02, 2016, 10:27 PM UTC

Looks good!

Can I buy the software and run it locally? I'm extremely interested for a client, but there is no way they will surrender ownership of their content to a third party - and I sadly won't suggest they do.

I assume they could pay 150-300 bucks for a single-site license and something like 5-6 pages. Their website is very small. Honestly, cook up a license with per n-page fees and I'm sure you'll sell a bunch.

Re: Forestry.io

#4

Post by jonkiddy » Sat, Jul 02, 2016, 10:27 PM UTC

ljoshua wrote: post #2

Ooh, looks nice. I assume it's going to be a service though? Anyone know of similar style products out there that are self-hosted or open source? I have several scenarios where it would be great to tie together a static repo, an on-demand CMS like this, and the pushed final product, just like this looks like it will do. Requested access though, looking forward to seeing more.

I had the same thought. I found this a moment ago.

https://github.com/netlify/netlify-cms

Edit/Addendum: I think this is an interesting service. For what it's worth, I'd rather pay someone to host this type of content with a SLA of some sort.

Re: Forestry.io

#5

Post by sippeangelo » Sat, Jul 02, 2016, 10:41 PM UTC

"Forestry". Really? I can understand many other hot startups using names of random objects, but using the name of an entire completely different profession?

Re: Forestry.io

#6

Post by duffy0 » Sat, Jul 02, 2016, 10:46 PM UTC

ljoshua wrote: post #2

Ooh, looks nice. I assume it's going to be a service though? Anyone know of similar style products out there that are self-hosted or open source? I have several scenarios where it would be great to tie together a static repo, an on-demand CMS like this, and the pushed final product, just like this looks like it will do. Requested access though, looking forward to seeing more.

Check out SiteLeaf. It is a paid service, but a good price.

Re: Forestry.io

#7

Post by duffy0 » Sat, Jul 02, 2016, 10:46 PM UTC

Looks a lot like SiteLeaf.com to me.

Re: Forestry.io

#8

Post by Svenstaro » Sat, Jul 02, 2016, 11:05 PM UTC

mablap wrote: post #3

Looks good! Can I buy the software and run it locally? I'm extremely interested for a client, but there is no way they will surrender ownership of their content to a third party - and I sadly won't suggest they do. I assume they could pay 150-300 bucks for a single-site license and something like 5-6 pages. Their website is very small. Honestly, cook up a license with per n-page fees and I'm sure you'll sell a bunch.

You should probably look into https://www.getlektor.com/ which does exactly this but you can host it yourself.

Re: Forestry.io

#9

Post by hrbrtglm » Sat, Jul 02, 2016, 11:06 PM UTC

sippeangelo wrote: post #5

"Forestry". Really? I can understand many other hot startups using names of random objects, but using the name of an entire completely different profession?

You mean like Apple taking the name of a primeur business ?

Re: Forestry.io

#10

Post by lmitchell » Sat, Jul 02, 2016, 11:35 PM UTC

sippeangelo wrote: post #5

"Forestry". Really? I can understand many other hot startups using names of random objects, but using the name of an entire completely different profession?

As someone whose parents are both foresters, this actually confused me pretty hard. I'm disappointed this wasn't a forestry-oriented startup :P