strapi

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

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EDITOR'S TAKE

Headless CMS with admin UI. ~64k stars. Mature, large community, plugin ecosystem. Heavier than Payload, more familiar if you come from WordPress.

Use this if

You want a mature CMS with a friendly admin UI and a large plugin ecosystem.

Skip if

You want TypeScript-native code-first content modeling — Payload fits builders better.