Complete guide to migrating your Forestry website to Remix. Leave Forestry's discontinued behind and get built on web standards. Free migration tool included.
You can migrate from Forestry to Remix for free using LeaveWP. Enter your site URL, choose Remix as the destination, and download your content — posts, pages, and media — in minutes. No API keys, passwords, or CLI tools required. Difficulty: Medium. Estimated time: 20-40 minutes.
Official docs: Remix Documentation
Git-backed CMS for Hugo, Jekyll, and static sites (now TinaCMS). Legacy projects — new projects should use TinaCMS instead, but these limitations push teams toward modern alternatives.
Discontinued — users must migrate to TinaCMS
This is the most common reason teams migrate away from Forestry. Remix eliminates this issue entirely.
No longer receiving updates or new features
With Remix, built on web standards — forms, headers, and http conventions.
Limited scalability for large content volumes
Modern architectures like Remix are designed to avoid this from the ground up.
Git-based workflow can be slow for non-technical editors
After migrating, you'll no longer need to worry about this — Remix takes a fundamentally different approach.
Full-stack React framework built on web standards. Built with JavaScript/TypeScript (React), it's full-stack web applications that benefit from web-standard patterns.
Built on web standards — forms, headers, and HTTP conventions
Nested routing with parallel data loading (no waterfalls)
Excellent error handling with error boundaries at every route
Works on any JavaScript runtime (Node.js, Deno, Cloudflare Workers)
Remix is open-source and free to use. You own your code and data with no vendor lock-in. Deploy to any host that supports JavaScript/TypeScript, or use managed platforms like Vercel and Netlify for zero-config deployments.
Side-by-side comparison based on real platform characteristics
| Metric | Forestry | Remix |
|---|---|---|
| Ease of Use | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 |
| Performance | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5 |
| Flexibility | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 |
| Cost | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5 |
| Scalability | ⭐⭐ 2/5 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5 |
| Ecosystem | ⭐⭐ 2/5 | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 |
| Language | JavaScript (Git-backed) | JavaScript/TypeScript (React) |
| Pricing | Discontinued — migrated to TinaCMS | Free (open-source) |
| Open Source | No | Yes |
Ratings are based on publicly available data, documentation, and community consensus as of 2026. Individual experience may vary.
A detailed breakdown of how your Forestry content maps to Remix
What may need manual attention
Custom server-side logic, third-party integrations, and platform-specific plugins will need equivalent solutions in Remix. The core content (text, images, metadata) transfers cleanly.
Migrate your content in three simple steps
Enter your Forestry site URL — LeaveWP connects automatically.
Select Remix as destination and choose content options.
Download your migrated content or preview it in your browser.
Migrating from Forestry to Remix makes the most sense if you're experiencing discontinued — users must migrate to tinacms or outgrowing Forestry's architecture. Remix is best for full-stack web applications that benefit from web-standard patterns.
You should migrate if: your Forestry site is slow, your hosting costs are climbing, you need developer flexibility, or you want to adopt a modern JAMstack architecture.
You might want to stay if: your Forestry site benefits from clean, user-friendly admin ui for git-based content and you don't have JavaScript/TypeScript developers on your team. Forestry is genuinely easy to use, and that simplicity has value.
The migration itself is straightforward with LeaveWP — enter your Forestry URL, select Remix, and download your content. The more important question is whether Remix's architecture fits your team's skills and your project's long-term needs.
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