If you are a sysadmin or developer who hates databases, wants pure Git-based content tracking, and doesn’t need to train clients, Bate CMS is a hidden gem. It does one thing (turn flat files into dynamic pages with a simple auth panel) and does it well.
Major General (1826–1905) was a Confederate general, later U.S. Senator and Governor of Tennessee. No content management system has ever been named after him. However, some archives (e.g., Tennessee State Library) use CMS platforms like CONTENTdm or Drupal to manage Bate’s papers — but they are not called “General Bate CMS.” general bate cms --FULL--
, a piece of software that looked like it had been designed in 2005 and forgotten in a digital time capsule. If you are a sysadmin or developer who