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Headless CMS

A List of Content Management Systems for Jamstack Sites

Open Source
AbeCMS
The lightning fast CMS. Turn any static website into a powerful CMS in seconds..
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
Jekyll
Acoustic Content
Cloud CMS brought to you by IBM
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
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
Open Source
Any JSON CMS
It is headless CMS that could help manage and deliver any JSON to any applications.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Open Source
ApostropheCMS
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
Appernetic
The bridge between the simplicity of static websites and user-friendliness of CMS.
Type:
Git-based
Supported Site Generators:
Hugo
Open Source
b2evolution CMS
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
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
Builder.io
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
Butter CMS
An API-first CMS for rapidly building CMS-powered websites in any programming language.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Open Source
Canner
Universal Content Management System(CMS) framework using React & Apollo GraphQL. Support Prisma, GraphQL, Firebase and Restful API
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
 Deploy to Netlify
CloudCannon
The Cloud CMS for Jekyll - build Jekyll or static websites, make updates inline.
Type:
Git-based
Supported Site Generators:
Jekyll
Cloud CMS
An API-first approach, built around JSON and a high performance cloud architecture.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Open Source
Cockpit
Cockpit is a self-hosted headless and api-driven CMS
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Open Source
Coisas
A client-side CMS for static sites hosted on GitHub.
Type:
Git-based
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
Open Source
Contenta
Contenta is the community driven API distribution for Drupal 8.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Contentful
Contentful is a content management developer platform with an API at its core.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
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
Crownpeak
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
Crystallize
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
Open Source
Daptin
The headless cms with JSON API, GraphQL, Actions, SMTP, IMAP, FTP, Cloud services sync and more.
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
Directus
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
dotCMS
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
Editlayer
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
Flamelink
Flamelink is an easy to use, headless CMS specifically developed to add & manage content in Firebase
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Open Source
Flextype
Flextype is an open-source self-hosted Data-First Headless CMS & API.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Flotiq
Flotiq is an effortless headless Content Management System, offering developers powerful SDKs and integrations.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
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
Open Source
Gentics Mesh
Gentics Mesh is an open source API-first headless CMS.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Open Source
Ghost
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
Google Drive CMS
Uses a combination of Google Sheets and Docs to maintain content on a website.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
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
A collaborative headless CMS for multilingual games-as-a-service projects with a powerful API, browser-based spreadsheet UI, and built-in functions to handle localization and frequent updates.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Open Source
HashBrown
HashBrown is a headless CMS that can support any content structure or deployment flow you can imagine.
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
Hexo Admin
An Admin Interface for Hexo
Type:
Git-based
Supported Site Generators:
Hexo
Open Source
Jekyll Admin
A Jekyll plugin that provides users with a traditional CMS-style graphical interface.
Type:
Git-based
Supported Site Generators:
Jekyll
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
Open Source
Keystone 5
A scalable platform and CMS to build applications. Keystone 5 has first-class GraphQL API, extensible architecture and Admin UI.
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
Open Source
Netlify 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
NodeWrite
Headless content management system supporting multitenancy and white-label workspaces.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Open Source
Ponzu
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
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
Open Source
Prose
A simple content authoring environment for CMS-free websites.
Type:
Git-based
Supported Site Generators:
Jekyll
Open Source
Publii
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
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
Open Source
Rooftop
Rooftop CMS is an API-first WordPress CMS for developers and content creators
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
Spike
Sanity
Sanity is the fully customizable, headless CMS.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Scrivito
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
sensenet
A single hub for all your content to manage with a variety of features.
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
Slicknode
Slicknode is a GraphQL based headless CMS + application framework for advanced digital experiences
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Open Source
Squidex
Scalable open source headless cms for developers and content authors.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
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
Open Source
Statamic
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
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
Open Source
Strapi
Strapi is an open sourced Headless CMS Front-End Developers Love. It's more than a Node.js Framework and more than a Headless CMS, it saves API development time through a beautiful admin panel anyone can use.
Type:
API Driven
Supported Site Generators:
All
Open Source
Superdesk
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
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
TinaCMS
An open-source CMS toolkit for JS developers to build real-time editing into static websites.
Type:
Git-based
Supported Site Generators:
Gatsby, Next
Open Source
TriTan CMS
TriTan CMS is a developer centric, headless, or nearly headless CMS.
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
Umbraco Heartcore
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
unite cms
Really flexible headless CMS, built on top of Symfony and GraphQL.
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
Webiny
Webiny is a developer-friendly serverless CMS powered by Node, React and a GraphQL API.
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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