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strapi/strapi

🚀 Strapi is the leading open-source headless CMS. It’s 100% JavaScript/TypeScript, fully customizable, and developer-first.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript React Tailwind CSS Vite npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#api #cms #cms-framework #content-management #content-management-system #customizable

Updated: 2026-10-12
Lists: 6 list mentions
First commit: 2015-09-30
History: 10 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 611 open

73,297

stars

Forks: 9,881
Commits: 38,014 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

payloadcms/payload

Payload is the open-source, fullstack Next.js framework, giving you instant backend superpowers. Get a full TypeScript backend and admin panel instantly. Use Payload as a headless CMS or for building powerful applications.

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Stack

TypeScript Astro Express Next.js React npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#cms #content-management #content-management-system #express #graphql #headless

Updated: 2026-10-14
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2018-04-14
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1,334 open

45,251

stars

Forks: 4,295
Commits: 16,120 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

directus/directus

The flexible backend for all your projects 🐰 Turn your DB into a headless CMS, admin panels, or apps with a custom UI, instant APIs, auth & more.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Express Vite Vue npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#api #app #cms #composable #data-visualization #database

Updated: 2026-10-16
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2020-02-05
History: 133 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 366 open

38,548

stars

Forks: 4,975
Commits: 13,963 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +159 +0.4%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

decaporg/decap-cms

A Git-based CMS for Static Site Generators

Stack

JavaScript Express React npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#cms #content-management-system #decap-cms #git-based-cms #headless-cms #jamstack

Updated: 2026-10-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-02-25
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 607 open

19,411

stars

Forks: 3,140
Commits: 4,602 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

BuilderIO/builder

Visual Development for React, Vue, Svelte, Qwik, and more

Stack

TypeScript Angular Astro Expo Express npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#angular #builder #cms #drag-drop #frontend #gatsby

Updated: 2026-10-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-01-30
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 158 open

8,863

stars

Forks: 1,164
Commits: 7,181 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

webiny/webiny-js

Open-source, self-hosted CMS platform on AWS serverless (Lambda, DynamoDB, S3). TypeScript framework with multi-tenancy, lifecycle hooks, GraphQL API, and AI-assisted development via MCP server. Built for developers at large organizations.

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Stack

TypeScript Next.js React Tailwind CSS npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#ai-assisted-development #aws #aws-lambda #cms #graphql #headless-cms

Updated: 2026-10-02
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2018-01-09
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 371 open

8,048

stars

Forks: 682
Commits: 19,948 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

plasmicapp/plasmic

Visual builder for React. Build apps, websites, and content. Integrate with your codebase.

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Stack

TypeScript Next.js React Remix Vite npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#builder #cms #design #design-systems #design-tools #drag-drop

Updated: 2026-10-03
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-11-06
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: Disabled

7,070

stars

Forks: 731
Commits: 7,913 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

agentejo/cockpit

Add content management functionality to any site - plug & play / headless / api-first CMS

Stack

JavaScript Composer npm

GitHub topics

#api-rest #backend #cms #cms-framework #cockpit #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2024-04-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-10-15
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 296 open

5,394

stars

Forks: 508
Commits: 2,572 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

shopware/shopware

Shopware 6 is an open commerce platform based on Symfony Framework and Vue and supported by a worldwide community and more than 3.100 community extensions

AI dev

Stack

PHP Express Symfony Vite Vue Composer npm

GitHub topics

#api-first-cms #apifirst #digital-commerce #ecommerce #ecommerce-platform #experience-commerce

Updated: 2026-10-12
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2018-04-19
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1,511 open

3,447

stars

Forks: 1,217
Commits: 42,083 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

terminusdb/terminusdb

TerminusDB is a distributed, collaborative database designed for building, sharing, versioning, and reasoning on structured data.

Stack

Prolog Axum pytest Tailwind CSS Cargo npm pip

GitHub topics

#acid #cms #collaboration #database #document-database #graph-database

Updated: 2026-10-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-05-29
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 21 open

3,433

stars

Forks: 156
Commits: 5,798 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Squidex/squidex

Headless CMS and Content Managment Hub

AI dev

Stack

C# Angular ASP.NET Core Entity Framework React .NET SDK npm

GitHub topics

#asp-net #asp-net-core #cms #csharp #headless-cms #mongodb

Updated: 2026-09-21
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-08-29
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 3 open

2,509

stars

Forks: 522
Commits: 6,089 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

getkirby/kirby

Kirby's core application folder

Stack

PHP Symfony Vite Vue Composer npm

GitHub topics

#cms #cms-framework #content-management #file-based #flat-file #flat-file-cms

Updated: 2026-09-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-01-13
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 119 open

1,530

stars

Forks: 188
Commits: 15,066 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit

Cockpit Core - Content Platform

AI dev

Stack

PHP Symfony Composer npm

GitHub topics

#api #api-graphql #api-rest #cms #cockpit #graphql

Updated: 2026-08-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-01-19
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 64 open

751

stars

Forks: 82
Commits: 2,402 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

headwirecom/peregrine-cms

an api first, head optional cms with based on vuejs and apache sling

Stack

JavaScript React Vue Maven npm

GitHub topics

#apache-sling #api-first #cms #headless-cms #vuejs2

Updated: 2026-09-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-04-18
History: 1 history point
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 93 open

stars

Forks: 31
Commits: 5,034 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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