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headless-cms

15 catalogue entries use this topic; each Project's license policy is labeled separately.

Strapi

Strapi

Open-source headless CMS turning content models into REST and GraphQL APIs.

Stars73.3K
Commitjust now
LicenseMIT (Community Edition); proprietary Enterprise Edition for ee/ components

Strapi is a self-hosted, open-source headless CMS built with JavaScript and TypeScript that turns content models designed in a no-code builder into REST and GraphQL APIs behind a customizable admin panel.

Alternative toPayloadKeystoneJS
Payload

PayloadOpen

Code-first headless CMS and Next.js backend with an auto-generated admin panel.

Stars45.2K
Commitjust now
LicenseMIT

Payload is a code-first, self-hosted headless CMS for Next.js that generates an admin panel with REST and GraphQL APIs from TypeScript config.

Alternative toGhost
Directus

Directus

A content platform that wraps your existing SQL database

Stars30.8K
Commit1d ago
LicenseBUSL-1.1

Directus points at a SQL database you already have and generates an admin interface and an API over it, without imposing its own schema. Existing tables keep their names, types, and constraints.

Alternative toContentfulAirtable
TinaCMS

TinaCMSOpen

Open-source Git-backed headless CMS with visual editing for Markdown sites.

Stars13.8K
Commitjust now
LicenseApache-2.0

TinaCMS is an open-source, Git-backed headless CMS that adds visual editing to Markdown, MDX, and JSON content, saving editor changes as Git commits.

Alternative toStrapi
KeystoneJS

KeystoneJSOpen

Code-first headless CMS with a GraphQL API and admin UI

Stars9,974
Commitjust now
LicenseMIT

KeystoneJS is a self-hosted, open-source headless CMS where developers define content models in TypeScript and get a GraphQL API plus an admin UI.

Alternative toDirectusContentful
Webstudio

WebstudioOpen

Open source website builder and Webflow alternative

Stars9,059
Commitjust now
LicenseAGPL-3.0

Webstudio is an open-source visual builder for websites and web apps that gives builders control over CSS while connecting to any headless CMS.

Alternative toBuilder
Builder

BuilderAIOpen

Visual headless CMS with drag-and-drop editing for any stack

Stars8,862
Commitjust now
LicenseMIT

Builder is a visual headless CMS where marketers edit pages by drag and drop and developers render the result with open SDKs.

Alternative toContentful
Webiny

Webiny

Open-source serverless CMS that deploys inside your AWS account with scale-to-zero pricing.

Stars8,048
Commitjust now
LicenseMIT (Community); commercial Business and Enterprise editions

Webiny is a self-hosted, open-source serverless CMS that deploys inside your AWS account, combining headless GraphQL and REST content APIs with a visual website builder, file manager and publishing workflows. A free MIT Community tier covers single projects while paid Business and Enterprise editions add SSO, audit logs, multi-tenancy controls and support.

Alternative toStrapi
Plasmic

PlasmicOpen

Open-source visual builder for websites and apps on your stack

Stars7,092
Commitjust now
LicenseMIT

Plasmic is an open-source visual builder for designing websites and apps directly on an existing React codebase, with drag-and-drop editing and headless CMS delivery.

Alternative toBuilder
Drupal

Drupal

Open-source PHP CMS for complex, content-rich websites

Stars4,291
Commitjust now
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later

Drupal is a self-hosted open-source content management system for complex websites, with structured content and API-first delivery.

Alternative toDirectusCraft CMS
Craft CMS

Craft CMS

Self-hosted CMS for custom sites, with Twig and GraphQL

Stars3,610
Commitjust now
Licenseproprietary

Craft CMS is a self-hosted PHP content management system for custom websites, pairing Twig templates with a generated GraphQL API for headless delivery.

Alternative toDirectusContentful
Vrite

Vrite

Open-source headless CMS for technical content

Stars2,005
Commitjust now
LicenseAGPL-3.0-only

Vrite is an open-source workspace for creating, managing, and delivering technical content such as product documentation, technical blogs, and knowledge bases.

Alternative toGhost
Marble CMS

Marble CMSOpen

Simple API-first headless CMS for blogs

Stars384
Commitjust now
LicenseAGPL-3.0

Marble CMS is an open-source, API-first headless CMS for blogs, pairing a Markdown editor and media library with a REST API and Next.js and Astro integrations.

Alternative toContentful
Zenblog

ZenblogOpen

Open-source headless CMS for blogging with API delivery

Stars254
Commitjust now
LicenseAGPL-3.0

Zenblog is an open-source headless content management system focused on blogging, pairing a simple editor with API-based delivery to any website.

Alternative toGhost
Contentful

Contentful

Headless content management delivered over APIs

CompanyContentful
Since2013
PricingFreemium

Contentful separated content from presentation properly and early. Editors work with structured content models, and any number of front ends consume the same entries through an API.