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React Bricks vs Vault CMS
React Bricks offers visual editing with a React component focus, not Obsidian-based editing.
Vault CMSUse Obsidian as a CMS for your Astro websiteSide by side
- What it is
- React Bricks:React Bricks is a headless CMS that lets developers build React components as visual content blocks for editors to edit without breaking design systems.
- Vault CMS:Vault CMS is an open-source headless CMS that lets you use Obsidian as the content editor for Astro sites.
- Best for
- React Bricks:Visual editing of React-based sites
- Vault CMS:Obsidian-driven content for Astro
- Who it’s for
- React Bricks:React developers and content editors who need visual editing within a design system
- Vault CMS:Developers building Astro websites who want a markdown-based editing experience.
- Pricing
- React Bricks:Freemium
- Vault CMS:Open source
- Plans
- React Bricks:Free $0 · Professional $179 per month per month
- Vault CMS:—
- Open source
- React Bricks:—
- Vault CMS:Yes, 374 GitHub stars
- Works with
- React Bricks:React, Next.js, Remix, Gatsby, Astro, Visual Studio Code
- Vault CMS:Obsidian, Astro
- DevHunt upvotes
- React Bricks:29
- Vault CMS:1
- Launched on DevHunt
- React Bricks:Jan 2023
- Vault CMS:Jul 2026
React Bricks features
- Custom bricks in React. Create reusable content blocks as React components with TypeScript.
- Inline visual editor. Editors compose pages visually using the same components developers built.
- AI content generation. AI can generate full pages or text fields that respect your design system.
- Real-time collaboration. Multiple editors can work together with presence and change history.
- Multi-environment support. Separate staging, production and dev environments for safe publishing.
- Built-in SEO & DAM. Manage assets, edit metadata and schema.org fields directly in the CMS.
Vault CMS features
- One-click install. Run pnpm create vault-cms in an Astro project to scaffold the CMS.
- Auto theme detection. Detects any Astro theme and maps content types and frontmatter automatically.
- Preconfigured plugins. Includes hotkeys and settings optimized for Astro workflows.
- CMS-like homepage. Provides a homepage view inside Obsidian using Obsidian Bases.
- Instant publish option. Optional Git plugin enables instant publishing of changes.
Based on each tool's website and DevHunt data. Details may change; check the official sites.