# Strapi

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

Repository: https://github.com/strapi/strapi
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/strapi
Homepage: https://strapi.io
Language: TypeScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: strapi, nodejs, api, dashboard, javascript, graphql, rest, cms, headless-cms, jamstack, customizable, hacktoberfest, mysql, content-management, cms-framework, content-management-system, typescript, no-code, posgresql
Last push: 2026-08-26T15:52:02+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3990, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 7, "gap_med": 6, "n_releases_24m": 130}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 73015, forks 9850 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:21.242531+00:00)

## What it is
Strapi is the leading open-source headless CMS, written entirely in JavaScript/TypeScript, that lets developers design content models visually and auto-generates REST and GraphQL APIs. It ships with an admin dashboard, roles and permissions, media library, and internationalization, and can be self-hosted or run on Strapi Cloud.

## Use cases
- build a headless CMS for a JAMstack site
- serve content via REST or GraphQL APIs to any frontend
- give non-technical editors a friendly content editing dashboard
- manage content for mobile apps and IoT devices
- self-host a customizable content management system
- model content types without writing code
- add role-based permissions and i18n to a content API

## When to choose
- you need a self-hosted, fully customizable headless CMS in the Node.js/TypeScript ecosystem
- you want auto-generated REST and GraphQL APIs from visual content models
- you need built-in roles, permissions, media library, and internationalization
- you want a developer-first CMS with a plugin system and database choice (SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB)

## When to avoid
- you need a traditional server-rendered CMS with built-in theming like WordPress
- your stack is not JavaScript/Node.js based
- you require a fully managed SaaS with no self-hosting concerns
- you need a lightweight static site generator rather than a content API

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: api-framework, http-server, graphql, auth, internationalization, plugin-system, ui-components, web-framework
- domain: cms, web-development, backend, apis, self-hosted, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform, self-hosted
- tags: headless-cms, content-management, jamstack, rest-api, content-type-builder, admin-dashboard, typescript, no-code, nodejs, docker

## Member repositories
- strapi/strapi (main) score 95
- strapi/strapi-examples (examples) score 10
- strapi/documentation (docs) score 96
- strapi/strapi-docker (infra) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:21.242531+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 2026-08-29T16:15:24.772688+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/strapi/strapi (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:21.242531+00:00, sha 21e6eabd2e65)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.