# birkir/prime

✨Open Source GraphQL CMS

Repository: https://github.com/birkir/prime
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/birkir-prime
Homepage: https://docs.primecms.app
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: cms, typescript, graphql, antd, prime, react, mobx-state-tree, typeorm, type-graphql, graphql-modules
Last push: 2023-01-11T22:22:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4954, "days_push": 1330, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1716, forks 114 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:26.354371+00:00)

## What it is
Prime is an open-source, self-hosted headless CMS with a GraphQL interface, built in TypeScript with React and TypeORM. It supports schema modeling, custom fields, multiple languages, draft previews, scheduled releases, and user access control.

## Use cases
- self-host a headless CMS with a GraphQL API
- model content schemas and manage documents
- serve multilingual content to a Gatsby or Next.js frontend
- preview drafts and schedule content releases before publishing
- replace SaaS CMS tools like Contentful or Prismic with a local instance
- control content access with users and resource permissions

## When to choose
- you need a self-hosted headless CMS with a native GraphQL interface
- you want multilingual content, drafts, and scheduled releases out of the box
- you prefer a TypeScript/Node.js stack you can extend with custom fields

## When to avoid
- you need a mature, actively developed CMS - the project has seen little activity since early 2023
- you prefer a REST-first or plugin-rich ecosystem like Strapi or WordPress
- you want a managed SaaS solution without hosting responsibilities

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: graphql, api-framework, web-framework, ui-components, self-hosted
- domain: cms, web-development, apis, self-hosted
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: headless-cms, content-management, graphql-api, schema-modeling, multilingual, draft-preview, access-control, nodejs, typescript, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- birkir/prime (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:26.354371+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:34:15.041861+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/birkir/prime (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:26.354371+00:00, sha d9acd4b44db8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.