ReolaOpen app

For authors & bloggers

Write like it's yours. Publish like it matters.

Reola is for authors and bloggers who want the page to feel like a quiet desk—not a dashboard.

Posts are markdown files with frontmatter. Nothing lives anywhere you can't see it.

A place where writing feels intentional again.

The calm of a blank page, the certainty of Git.

For bloggers who still believe in the craft.

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## What's new

Posts commit to `public/{slug}/content.md`.

The problem

When publishing feels like paperwork

Traditional CMS products store content in proprietary databases. Authors lose the feeling of ownership; teams lose the thread between what was written and what shipped.

Teams that already deploy from Git still end up copying content by hand or maintaining brittle export scripts.

What Reola does

A friendly editor that commits to GitHub

Authors create and update blog posts in a modern UI, then publish straight to your repository—the same repo your static site or app already builds from.

  • Posts are markdown files with frontmatter.
  • Images and media live next to each post in the repo.
  • Deploy progress is visible via GitHub Actions.
Author writes in Reola  →  Publish  →  Commit on GitHub  →  CI builds & deploys

How it works

From draft to deploy, nothing leaves your repo

Reola is the editor and publish button—not the hosting layer. Your site keeps building the way it already does.

Step 1

Write

Authors create and edit posts in a calm, focused UI—WYSIWYG markdown, raw mode, and live preview.

Step 2

Publish

One click commits markdown and media to your configured branch on GitHub.

Step 3

Commit

Posts land as files in your repo—reviewable in PRs, diffable like any code change.

Step 4

Deploy

Your existing GitHub Actions pipeline builds and ships. Progress is visible in Reola.

Key features

Everything a serious writer needs—nothing that gets in the way

Reola App for site owners. Reola Admin for operators. Both are web apps—no desktop install.

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Writing experience

Posts

Searchable list of everything in the repo.

Create & edit

WYSIWYG markdown, raw markdown, and live preview.

Media

Attach images and video; optional WebP optimization; import from URL.

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Git-native publishing

One-click publish

Commits to your configured branch on GitHub.

File layout

Posts stored as `{contentDir}/{slug}/content.md`—default `public/{slug}/content.md`.

Full Git history

Roll back, diff, and review like any other code change.

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Operations

Progress

Track GitHub Actions runs after publish.

Settings

Repo, branch, content paths; global or per-site GitHub token.

Admin dashboard

Service health, registered sites, user list.

Why Reola

Built for writers who care where their words live

Your posts stay in version control—reviewable in PRs, deployable with existing CI—while the writing itself feels like sitting down at a desk.

Content storageVendor databaseYour GitHub repo
Backup & portabilityExport / APIClone the repo
DeployCMS webhooks or manualYour existing GitHub Actions
Developer trustBlack boxFiles you can read in the IDE
Review workflowBuilt-in or limitedPRs, CODEOWNERS, same as code
Authors & bloggersA writing experience that feels calm and intentional—not like admin softwareWrite posts, upload media, publish without touching Git CLI
Content / marketingEasy to use, not a dev tool you need help withWrite posts, upload media, publish without touching Git CLI
Developers / DevOpsRespects your existing setup, no lock-inPoint Reola at the site repo; keep existing build and deploy
Platform / opsSerious, stable, auditableAdmin visibility into sites, users, GitHub credentials

Getting value quickly

If your site rebuilds on push to main, Reola adds zero new deploy infrastructure

Only a better way to get content onto that branch.

  1. 1

    Connect a GitHub token in admin.

  2. 2

    Register a site id and link it to your marketing repo.

  3. 3

    Publish a post and confirm it appears on your branch.

  4. 4

    Let your existing deploy pipeline ship it.

Current scope (v0.1)

Reola today is an internal-style dev product: file-based configuration, simple site-id sign-in, and GitHub as the single source of truth.

Built for teams already comfortable with GitHub-backed sites who want a dedicated editor without adopting a full headless CMS platform.