Strapi is a headless content management system.
It’s fully customizable and developer-first.
This is free and open source software.
Features include:
- Keep control over your data. With Strapi, you know where your data is stored, and you keep full control at all times.
- Front-end Agnostic: Use any front-end framework (React, Vue, Angular, etc.), mobile apps or even IoT.
- Modern Admin Panel: Elegant, entirely customizable and a fully extensible admin panel.
- Secure by default: Reusable policies, CORS, CSP, P3P, Xframe, XSS, and more.
- Plugins Oriented: Install the auth system, content management, custom plugins, and more, in seconds.
- Fast: Built on top of Node.js, Strapi delivers amazing performance.
- Self-hosted. You can host and scale Strapi projects the way you want. You can choose any hosting platform you want: AWS, Render, Netlify, Heroku, a VPS, or a dedicated server. You can scale as you grow, 100% independent.
- Database agnostic. Strapi works with SQL databases. You can choose the database you prefer: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, and SQLite.
- Powerful CLI: Scaffold projects and APIs on the fly.
- Customizable. You can quickly build your logic by fully customizing APIs, routes, or plugins to fit your needs perfectly.
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Website: strapi.io
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Strapi Solutions SAS
License: MIT Expat License
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