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A list of headless content management systems for Jamstack sites

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Strapi
50415 stars
5979 forks
367 issues
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
Open Source
Ghost
41887 stars
8607 forks
30 issues
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
Open Source
Directus
18724 stars
2164 forks
188 issues
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
Open Source
WordPress
16917 stars
11413 forks
0 issues
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
Open Source
Payload CMS
8633 stars
380 forks
10 issues
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
Open Source
Tina
8173 stars
417 forks
57 issues
An open-source editor focused on git backed, cross-functional visual editing.
Type:
Git-based
Supported Site Generators:
Next
Open Source
Keystone
7254 stars
901 forks
94 issues
The programmable backend that allows you to create a highly customised CMS and API in minutes.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Open Source
Webiny
6238 stars
500 forks
159 issues
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
Open Source
Ponzu
5498 stars
373 forks
28 issues
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
Open Source
Cockpit
5344 stars
523 forks
256 issues
Cockpit is a self-hosted headless and api-driven CMS
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Open Source
Publii
5152 stars
311 forks
122 issues
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
Open Source
Prose
4582 stars
695 forks
182 issues
A simple content authoring environment for CMS-free websites.
Type:
Git-based
Supported Site Generators:
Jekyll
Builder.io
4173 stars
540 forks
55 issues
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
Open Source
ApostropheCMS
3923 stars
507 forks
97 issues
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
3843 stars
325 forks
516 issues
Sanity is the fully customizable, headless CMS.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Umbraco Heartcore
3739 stars
2375 forks
312 issues
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
Open Source
Craft CMS
2914 stars
591 forks
346 issues
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
Open Source
Jekyll Admin
2665 stars
319 forks
30 issues
A Jekyll plugin that provides users with a traditional CMS-style graphical interface.
Type:
Git-based
Supported Site Generators:
Jekyll
Open Source
Statamic
2323 stars
344 forks
378 issues
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
2125 stars
148 forks
21 issues
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
Open Source
Squidex
1813 stars
370 forks
0 issues
Scalable open source headless cms for developers and content authors.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Open Source
Hexo Admin
1686 stars
255 forks
67 issues
An Admin Interface for Hexo
Type:
Git-based
Supported Site Generators:
Hexo
Open Source
Daptin
1635 stars
94 forks
18 issues
The headless cms with JSON API, GraphQL, Actions, SMTP, IMAP, FTP, Cloud services sync and more.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Open Source
Plenti
827 stars
40 forks
67 issues
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
Open Source
dotCMS
691 stars
409 forks
852 issues
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
Open Source
Superdesk
639 stars
198 forks
47 issues
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
Open Source
Gentics Mesh
546 stars
105 forks
89 issues
Gentics Mesh is an open source API-first headless CMS.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Open Source
Flextype
521 stars
68 forks
25 issues
Flextype is an open-source self-hosted Data-First Headless CMS & API.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Open Source
Google Drive CMS
365 stars
34 forks
10 issues
Uses a combination of Google Sheets and Docs to maintain content on a website.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Open Source
Contenta
326 stars
100 forks
53 issues
Contenta is the community driven API distribution for Drupal 8.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Open Source
Coisas
312 stars
25 forks
3 issues
A client-side CMS for static sites hosted on GitHub.
Type:
Git-based
Supported Site Generators:
All
Open Source
unite cms
241 stars
36 forks
24 issues
Really flexible headless CMS, built on top of Symfony and GraphQL.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Open Source
Rooftop
224 stars
20 forks
17 issues
Rooftop CMS is an API-first WordPress CMS for developers and content creators
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
Spike
Open Source
Enonic XP
197 stars
32 forks
276 issues
A headless CMS without limitations, built for the digital team.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Slicknode
179 stars
18 forks
3 issues
Slicknode is a GraphQL based headless CMS + application framework for advanced digital experiences
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Open Source
AbeCMS
169 stars
27 forks
28 issues
The lightning fast CMS. Turn any static website into a powerful CMS in seconds..
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
Jekyll
Open Source
b2evolution CMS
163 stars
72 forks
6 issues
b2evolution is a full-featured CMS with complete data schema configuration and advanced user permissions. RESTful API.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Open Source
sensenet
160 stars
112 forks
227 issues
A single hub for all your content to manage with a variety of features.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Open Source
HashBrown
151 stars
35 forks
0 issues
HashBrown is a headless CMS that can support any content structure or deployment flow you can imagine.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Open Source
Any JSON CMS
101 stars
6 forks
0 issues
It is headless CMS that could help manage and deliver any JSON to any applications.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Open Source
Contember
73 stars
5 forks
12 issues
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
71 stars
48 forks
2 issues
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
Open Source
Artgen
23 stars
3 forks
2 issues
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
Open Source
TriTan CMS
22 stars
6 forks
0 issues
TriTan CMS is a developer centric, headless, or nearly headless CMS.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Crystallize
16 stars
3 forks
1 issue
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
15 stars
7 forks
0 issues
Flotiq is an effortless headless Content Management System, offering developers powerful SDKs and integrations.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Open Source
Editlayer
8 stars
2 forks
0 issues
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
Crownpeak
2 stars
2 forks
24 issues
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
Agility CMS
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 CMS
0 stars
0 forks
0 issues
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
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
Apirocket
Publish your GraphQL content API in 5 minutes, no coding required.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Appernetic
The bridge between the simplicity of static websites and user-friendliness of CMS.
Type:
Git-based
Supported Site Generators:
Hugo
Open Source
Aventum
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
BagelDB
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 CMS
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
Bloomreach
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
BowTie
Build fast and lean websites for your clients that don't skimp on features.
Type:
Git-based
Supported Site Generators:
Jekyll
Butter CMS
An API-first CMS for rapidly building CMS-powered websites in any programming language.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
CloudCannon
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
Cloud CMS
An API-first approach, built around JSON and a high performance cloud architecture.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Comfortable
Comfortable is an cloud-based headless CMS, dedicated to simplicity, structure and speed.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Contentful
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
Contentrain
Contentrain is a Git-based Headless CMS that was focused on developer and content editor experience which provide seamless integration with Jamstack web apps.
Type:
Git-based
Supported Site Generators:
NuxtJs, NextJs, Gatsby, 11ty, Jekyll, Gridsome, Hugo, React, Vue, Astro, VitePress, Angular, Svelte, Docusaurus, All
Contentstack
A headless CMS specifically designed for enterprises and large scale deployments.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Cosmic
Headless CMS to power content for any website or app.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
DatoCMS
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
Open Source
Decap CMS
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
Dialoguewise
Content intelligently delivered to create engaging digital experiences.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Flamelink
Flamelink is an easy to use, headless CMS specifically developed to add & manage content in Firebase
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
FlyCode
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
Forestry
A custom Content Manager with a clean, clutter-free UI that commits automatically to your repo.
Type:
Git-based
Supported Site Generators:
All
Fridge
Custom dashboard and API for managing all of your content.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
Jekyll
FrontAid CMS
FrontAid is a free CMS for JSON files in Git.
Type:
Git-based
Supported Site Generators:
All
GatherContent
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
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
Gridly
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
Headless is a CMS designed specifically for static websites.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
headly.io
A robust, headless content management system with both the editor and developer in mind
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Open Source
jsHarmony CMS
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
LexasCMS
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
Open Source
Magnolia
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
microCMS
An API-based CMS that specialized for Japanese.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Mozaik
Mozaik is a CMS backend with a GraphQL API.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
NodeWrite
Headless content management system supporting multitenancy and white-label workspaces.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Open Source
Pimcore
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
Pixelesq
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
Prepr
The Headless CMS with Personalization
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Prismic
An API-based CMS backend for your Websites & Apps
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Quintype
Quintype is the new age, mobile first publishing platform for digital publishers seeking to amplify audiences & revenues.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
React Bricks
CMS with inline Visual editing based on React components. Easy for editors, flexible for devs, enterprise-ready.
Type:
Visual, API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
Next.js, Gatsby, Remix
Sheetson
Build Instant APIs from Google Sheets as CMS
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Siteleaf
Siteleaf is a content management system designed for a better web.
Type:
Git-based
Supported Site Generators:
Jekyll
Spinal
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
Stastic
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
Storyblok
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
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
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
Open Source
TerminusCMS
TerminusCMS is a dev-first headless content management system for discovering and using data and content across complex use cases like supply chains, compliance, and enterprise content infrastructure.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Troglio
Turn Trello into a CMS
Type:
Git-based
Supported Site Generators:
All
Typewriter
Typewriter is a simple yet flexible headless CMS that works with any platform you want to use.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Open Source
Versioned
Versioned is an open source CMS API and admin UI based on Node.js/MongoDB/Vue.js
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Open Source
Wagtail
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
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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