Headless CMS
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Directus is an open-source data platform that sits directly on top of an existing SQL database, exposing it through auto-generated REST and GraphQL APIs plus a no-code admin UI.
Payload is an open-source, code-first headless CMS and application framework written in TypeScript that runs natively inside Next.js, auto-generating REST and GraphQL APIs from your config with a cust.
Strapi is the leading open-source headless CMS built on Node.js, giving developers a customizable, self-hostable admin panel with a content-type builder that auto-generates REST and GraphQL APIs, plus.
Sanity is a headless content platform pairing a real-time content store (the Content Lake) and GROQ/GraphQL APIs with Sanity Studio, an open-source, fully customizable React editing environment suppor.
DatoCMS is a SaaS headless CMS offering a clean GraphQL API, real-time content previews, and a structured content model editor.
Prismic is a headless CMS combining an API-driven content model with a visual Slice Machine editor, letting marketers assemble pages from developer-defined components without redeploying code.
Storyblok is a headless CMS built around a real-time visual editor, letting marketers edit content in a live preview while developers consume it via REST and GraphQL APIs, with component-based content.
Contentful is an API-first headless CMS that stores structured content and delivers it over REST and GraphQL APIs to any channel, with flexible content modeling, localization, media management, roles,.
ButterCMS is a hosted headless CMS designed for fast integration into existing codebases, offering a content API, a built-in blog engine, and multilingual translation support.
Hygraph (formerly GraphCMS) is a headless CMS built around a native GraphQL API, letting teams federate content from multiple sources into a single schema.
Kontent.ai is a cloud-native, API-first headless CMS aimed at enterprises, offering custom workflows, granular role-based permissions, full audit trails, and AI agents for content operations.
Contentstack is a cloud-based, MACH-certified headless CMS aimed at large enterprises that need omnichannel content delivery, granular workflow governance, and scale.