---
title: "Visual CMS for Astro | Rigel CMS"
url: "https://rigelcms.dev"
description: "Rigel CMS is an open-source visual editor for Astro. Edit website copy and articles, preview changes, and publish through GitHub. Your content stays in Git."
---

# Your website.  
Your words.

A visual CMS for Astro.  
Your content stays in Git.

Prepare editable areas in your Astro site. Then change text, images and articles on the page, without handing over the code.

[Set up Rigel](/docs/getting-started/)[Open the Astro starter](https://github.com/rigel-cms/rigel-starter)

Rigel CMS 1.1.0 is available. [Read the release notes](/changelog/v1.1.0/).

![Rigel CMS editing the starter's home page, with the website canvas beside structured content fields.](/_astro/rigel-editor.BHQFfwmg.webp)

Rigel CMS, editing the Astro starter.

## An editor for your content.  
Not another website builder.

You build the layouts and choose what can change. Rigel gives editors a prepared website preview, structured fields and a media library.

Unsaved changes stay in the editor. Save writes content; publishing follows your Git workflow and static build. Your public website does not need a CMS database to render a page.

[See how content is structured](/docs/content-model/)

## Start with your own repository.

Use the Astro starter or add the integration to an existing site. Prepare your templates, configure your content and keep the deployment you already use.

`pnpm add @rigel-cms/rigel@1.1.0`

[Read the installation guide](/docs/getting-started/)

## What's changing

[All updates](/updates/)

1.  October 28, 2026
    
    ### [Svelte extensions and interface languages](/changelog/v1.1.0/)
    
    Rigel CMS 1.1.0 adds custom Svelte blocks, grouped toolbar actions and build-time interface language selection.
    
2.  October 27, 2026
    
    ### [Initial public release](/changelog/v1.0.0/)
    
    Rigel CMS 1.0.0 brings visual editing, structured content, article collections, a media library and GitHub publishing to Astro sites.