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Headless CMS

A list of headless content management systems for Jamstack sites

Strapi is the leading open-source headless CMS. It’s 100% Javascript, fully customizable, support TypeScript and developer-first. It saves API development time through a beautiful admin panel anyone can use.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

A fiercely independent platform for professional publishers. Headless Node.js REST API for developers, beautiful Ember.js admin client for editors. Used by Apple, NASA, Sky News, OpenAI & many more.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Directus is a database-first platform that provides an instant REST API for custom SQL databases and an intuitive Admin App for non-technical users to manage that content.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

The WordPress CMS enables headless development through a built-in REST API and offers extensions to enable methods like GraphQL via a rich plugin ecosystem.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Payload is a free and open-source headless CMS aimed sharply at providing the best, developer-first experience possible to build out APIs and admin UI.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

An open-source editor focused on git backed, cross-functional visual editing.

Type:: Git-based
Supported Site Generators:: Next

The programmable backend that allows you to create a highly customised CMS and API in minutes.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Webiny is an highly customizable, scalable, serverless CMS that you can host on your own AWS account. It offers you enterprise-grade functionality while keeping your data within the secure perimeter of your own infrastructure.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Headless CMS with automatic JSON API. Featuring auto-HTTPS from Let's Encrypt, HTTP/2 Server Push, and flexible server framework written in Go.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Cockpit is a self-hosted headless and api-driven CMS

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Publii is a desktop-based CMS for Windows, Mac and Linux that makes creating static websites fast and hassle-free, even for beginners.

Type:: Git-based
Supported Site Generators:: Built In

A simple content authoring environment for CMS-free websites.

Type:: Git-based
Supported Site Generators:: Jekyll

Builder is the only headless CMS with a visual editor that allows users to drag and drop to create pages and content with your code components

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

As a full-featured JavaScript CMS with both headless capabilities and in-context editing, our tools appeal to both developers and content editors, not only because of how flexible they are, but because they feel good to use.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Sanity is the fully customizable, headless CMS.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Umbraco Heartcore

Umbraco Heartcore is a headless CMS with an editor experience like no other. On top of a managed RESTful and graphQL API and CDN, you'll get a powerful backoffice to structure, organize and create content in a fast and efficient manner.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Craft is a hybrid PHP CMS featuring flexible content modeling, a beautiful, accessible control panel, and a full GraphQL API.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

A Jekyll plugin that provides users with a traditional CMS-style graphical interface.

Type:: Git-based
Supported Site Generators:: Jekyll

A Laravel-powered, flat-first CMS that can run headless, as a full PHP stack, or generate and deploy static sites.

Type:: Git-based
Supported Site Generators:: Built In

Plasmic is a headless CMS with a powerful no-code visual builder to rapidly create pages and free-form content.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: Gatsby, Next.js

Scalable open source headless cms for developers and content authors.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

An Admin Interface for Hexo

Type:: Git-based
Supported Site Generators:: Hexo

The headless cms with JSON API, GraphQL, Actions, SMTP, IMAP, FTP, Cloud services sync and more.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

A git-backed, open-source editor that ships with your site, has live previews, minimal configuration, and zero vendor lock-in.

Type:: Git-based
Supported Site Generators:: Plenti

dotCMS is a cloud-based Hybrid Headless CMS for managing content and content-driven web sites and applications.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Superdesk is an end-to-end, api-driven open source headless CMS for news agencies, newspapers and corporate publishers.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Gentics Mesh is an open source API-first headless CMS.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Flextype is an open-source self-hosted Data-First Headless CMS & API.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Google Drive CMS

Uses a combination of Google Sheets and Docs to maintain content on a website.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Contenta is the community driven API distribution for Drupal 8.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

A client-side CMS for static sites hosted on GitHub.

Type:: Git-based
Supported Site Generators:: All

Really flexible headless CMS, built on top of Symfony and GraphQL.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Rooftop CMS is an API-first WordPress CMS for developers and content creators

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: Spike

A headless CMS without limitations, built for the digital team.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Slicknode is a GraphQL based headless CMS + application framework for advanced digital experiences

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

The lightning fast CMS. Turn any static website into a powerful CMS in seconds..

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: Jekyll

b2evolution CMS

b2evolution is a full-featured CMS with complete data schema configuration and advanced user permissions. RESTful API.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

A single hub for all your content to manage with a variety of features.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

HashBrown is a headless CMS that can support any content structure or deployment flow you can imagine.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

It is headless CMS that could help manage and deliver any JSON to any applications.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Bespoke content management. With Contember you will easily manage your content and data. Build and run GraphQL API and user-centric administration without any hassle.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Scrivito is a cloud-based CMS, based on ReactJS, built for digital agencies and medium to large-sized businesses.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Javascript Headless CMS built on No Code engine and spiced with a visual database editor. By combining this three important building block, You can build any kind of application without the need for third party elements.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

TriTan CMS is a developer centric, headless, or nearly headless CMS.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Headless PIM with a twist, product information and marketing content as a fast & scalable GraphQL service. Commerce + Content. JAMStack ready.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Flotiq is an effortless headless Content Management System, offering developers powerful SDKs and integrations.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Editlayer is headless CMS that saves content as JSON. Editlayer is build to work easily on Google's development platform - Firebase.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

The lowest cost to operate, fastest-to-implement CMS. Build scalable, secure, world-class websites and digital experiences in record time.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Acoustic Content

Cloud CMS brought to you by Acoustic

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

The fastest Headless CMS to prototype, build, and deploy with. Agility CMS is a cloud-based, SaaS, and API platform with Free and Paid pricing tiers.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Airship is a cloud-hosted headless CMS that integrates with your local development workflow. Use Airship templating (based on handlebars) for classic server rendering or use the API to build single page apps, statically generated sites, and custom applications.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Amplience is an API-first, headless content management platform for enterprise retail. Our content and experience solutions for commerce enable teams to do more, better, faster.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Publish your GraphQL content API in 5 minutes, no coding required.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

The bridge between the simplicity of static websites and user-friendliness of CMS.

Type:: Git-based
Supported Site Generators:: Hugo

Aventum is a high-performance, fast, and open-source Headless CMS or you can call it API visual builder, backend visual builder, or Headless CMS visual builder because it is content-agnostic! create your content, no matter how complex it is, and manage it easily!

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Build web and mobile apps with a database that feel like headless-CMS. The platform is as flexible as your app needs it to be - whether you need search integration, or CSV export, managing data is a breeze. BagelDB treats everyone on the product team as a first-class citizen.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Blogody is a minimalist content management platform for blogging with a GraphQL API at its core.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Open-source headless CMS without compomising on the authoring experience. No more form-based content management. Powerful APIs to consume from any client like React or Angular.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Build fast and lean websites for your clients that don't skimp on features.

Type:: Git-based
Supported Site Generators:: Jekyll

An API-first CMS for rapidly building CMS-powered websites in any programming language.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

A Git-based CMS that supports all major Static Site Generators. Manage your site's content with visual editing, custom components and two way Git-syncing.

Type:: Git-based
Supported Site Generators:: Jekyll, Hugo, 11ty, SvelteKit, Next.js, Gatsby, Nuxt, Astro, MkDocs

An API-first approach, built around JSON and a high performance cloud architecture.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Comfortable is an cloud-based headless CMS, dedicated to simplicity, structure and speed.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

The Contentful® Composable Content Platform brings the building blocks of content together to create once and reuse for any digital experience. The API-first platform integrates easily with data sources and new functionality as digital experiences and technology evolve.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

A headless CMS specifically designed for enterprises and large scale deployments.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Headless CMS to power content for any website or app.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

DatoCMS is a friendly, secure and powerful platform that enables marketer, editorial or developer team to build complex backend in minutes and to bring any kind of content everywhere

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Content intelligently delivered to create engaging digital experiences.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Flamelink is an easy to use, headless CMS specifically developed to add & manage content in Firebase

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

FlyCode helps product teams work like software engineers - to ship better products, faster with no-code

Type:: Git-based
Supported Site Generators:: React, Angular, Vue, PHP

A custom Content Manager with a clean, clutter-free UI that commits automatically to your repo.

Type:: Git-based
Supported Site Generators:: All

Custom dashboard and API for managing all of your content.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: Jekyll

FrontAid is a free CMS for JSON files in Git.

Type:: Git-based
Supported Site Generators:: All

GatherContent is a headless Content Operations Platform, helping thousands of organisations around the world to create quality content, in less time, and at scale.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: Gatsby, Next, Other

GraphCMS is the original GraphQL native Headless CMS with both read and write support to deliver digital projects at scale.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

The spreadsheet for multi-language content tailor-made for games and digital products. Gridly connects teams, tools, and assets within a familiar spreadsheet view as a single source of truth.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Headless is a CMS designed specifically for static websites.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

A robust, headless content management system with both the editor and developer in mind

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Static Node.js CMS with in-page editing that can be dynamically injected into your static app. Enterprise features include version control, multiple deployment targets, and workflow.

Type:: Git-based
Supported Site Generators:: Built In

Kentico Kontent

Kentico Kontent offers Content as a Service to gain full control over content presentation across all digital channels.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

An API-based CMS that combines powerful content scheduling capabilities with a clean and modern content editing experience.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

A headless CMS that’s as great for content authors as it is for developers. The Visual SPA Editor gives authors creative control, fully headlessly, for React, Angular & Vue.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

An API-based CMS that specialized for Japanese.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Mozaik is a CMS backend with a GraphQL API.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

A different kind of CMS. It's a single page app written in React. It's an npm package. It's a script running on a static page that lives in your repo. Built for static site generators.

Type:: Git-based
Supported Site Generators:: All

Deploy to Netlify

Headless content management system supporting multitenancy and white-label workspaces.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Pimcore is an API-first, headless open-source content management platform based on PHP/Symfony. It also includes a digital commerce framework.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Deploy to Netlify

An innovative API driven approach to building webpages. Build your website with a visual editor and deploy it as a static site.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

The Headless CMS with Personalization

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

An API-based CMS backend for your Websites & Apps

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Quintype is the new age, mobile first publishing platform for digital publishers seeking to amplify audiences & revenues.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Build Instant APIs from Google Sheets as CMS

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Siteleaf is a content management system designed for a better web.

Type:: Git-based
Supported Site Generators:: Jekyll

A minimal and beautiful git-based CMS for content marketing teams.

Type:: Git-based
Supported Site Generators:: Astro, 11ty, Hugo, Jekyll, Middleman, Bridgetown, Next.js, Gatsby, VuePress, VitePress, Nuxt, Hexo, Zola

CMS for Jekyll built on top of GitHub and GitHub pages, for your clients to edit the content of Jekyll websites.

Type:: Git-based
Supported Site Generators:: Jekyll

Headless & API-based CMS as a Service. Not only a CMS for your editors. Clean and structured JSON for you as developer.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Suncel is a headless CMS for Next.js, with a powerful no-code visual builder to rapidly create pages and publish your content.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: Next.js

TakeShape is a GraphQL API-first Content-as-a-Service platform with an integrated Static Content Generator.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Deploy to Netlify

Turn Trello into a CMS

Type:: Git-based
Supported Site Generators:: All

Typewriter is a simple yet flexible headless CMS that works with any platform you want to use.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Versioned is an open source CMS API and admin UI based on Node.js/MongoDB/Vue.js

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Wagtail is the leading open-source Python CMS. Based on Django, it supports both traditional and headless sites via REST and GraphQL APIs.

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

Zesty.io is a hybrid CMS that allows you to generate content APIs, custom endpoints, and more!

Type:: API Driven
Supported Site Generators:: All

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