Features
Everything Orbit MD does. Pick any feature for a closer look.
| Item | What it is |
|---|---|
| Available now | |
| A form, not a file | Orbit reads your content schema and builds a typed form — dropdowns, dates, image pickers, reorderable lists. Editors fill in fields; you keep your Markdown.→ |
| MDX components | Insert the components a developer declares — from a small form, not raw JSX — and they render in your MDX pages.→ |
| Reusable snippets | Insert shared blocks of text by name — edit the block once, and every page that uses it updates.→ |
| Editable data files | Nav lists, config objects and other JSON — edited through a form, not a code file. You choose which files editors can touch.→ |
| Live preview | A preview pane beside your text — your Markdown rendered as you type, images loaded, and the components you use shown as labelled cards.→ |
| Accessibility tips | Orbit spots images with no description and headings that skip a level, so every page works for people using screen readers.→ |
| Publish safely | Every page shows whether it's live. Saving puts changes on your preview site; publishing — by an approver, or on request — puts them live.→ |
| Editor & Developer modes | Editors get a clean, jargon-free surface; developers keep branch controls and settings — two views of the same app.→ |
| Fits your site as it is | Orbit reads your content schema, snippets and image fields as they already are — and lets you expose MDX components to editors with a short declaration.→ |
| Images | Browse your site's images by folder, upload new ones, and Orbit inserts the right reference — no file paths to type.→ |
| Folders | Organise pages into folders — create them, move pages between them, delete them — within rules your developer sets.→ |
| Version history & undo | See every earlier version of a page, what changed each time, and bring one back — or undo changes that aren't live yet.→ |
| Friendly conflict resolver | If someone else changed the same page, Orbit shows both versions side by side and lets you choose — no merge conflicts to untangle.→ |
| Coming soon | |
| Full live site previewSoon | Your actual site running in a window, updating as you type — the real layouts, styles and components, not just a preview pane.→ |
| Sign in with GitHubSoon | Sign in with GitHub and see exactly the sites you're allowed to edit — permissions straight from your repos, no tokens or SSH keys.→ |
| Nothing else to installSoon | Git bundled inside Orbit, so editors download one app and nothing else — on every platform Orbit ships.→ |
Every feature is in the free version. See what's coming on the roadmap.