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Strapi: Build a Fully Customizable Headless CMS

Leverage Strapi’s 73k+ GitHub stars to launch a developer‑first, JavaScript/TypeScript headless CMS that adapts to any stack—perfect for founders who need flexible content APIs.

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

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73,355 stars+43★ this week9,918 forksTypeScriptGuide quality 9/10 · reviewed Oct 8Updated 10/21/2026100% free · open source
What it is

Use Strapi to pull data from various sources into a custom database and create a headless CMS for your application.

Real use case example

"A founder is building a product that requires a robust CMS. They use Strapi to set up a custom database, connect it to their application, and automate tasks such as user onboarding and data synchronization."

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When to use it
  • •Building a custom website or application with a flexible content management system
  • •Creating a RESTful API for content management with a developer-first approach
  • •Developing a Jamstack project that requires a headless CMS for content creation and delivery
Ready-to-paste prompt
curl -X GET \<https://localhost:1337/api/articles?sort=title:asc>
Heads up: Make sure you have Node.js (≥14.17.0) and yarn (≥1.22.10) installed on your system, as Strapi requires these specific versions to run
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How Strapi: Build a Fully Customizable Headless CMS works
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Strapi: Build a Fully Customizable Headless CMS is a very large TypeScript project (~264k lines across 3502 code files, plus 1563 test files). Setup is light: installs like a normal app. Reading the code is optional. Last commit this month, Other license, has a test suite.

Size
Very large codebase
~264k lines · 3502 code files · days to read — use, don't read
Setup
One-command install
Installs like a normal app. Reading the code is optional.
Runs on
Node.js
No API keys detected
TypeScript 87%JavaScript 12%
Where to start reading
  1. 1
    README.md
    Start here — what it does and how to install it
  2. 2
    AGENTS.md
    The instructions the AI actually follows
  3. 3
    package.json
    Dependencies and the commands it exposes
  4. 4
    packages/core/admin/README.md
    Inside packages/core/ — the main logic begins here
  5. 5
    examples/complex/.env.example
    A worked example — copy this to get going
What's in each folder
packages/core/Core code — the actual logic3580 files
packages/plugins/Sub-packages / plugins684 files
packages/cli/Command-line entry points259 files
packages/providers/Sub-packages / plugins127 files
examples/Examples you can copy336 files
docs/Documentation190 files
templates/Templates73 files
packages/utils/Helper scripts234 files
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Creator
strapi
Language
TypeScript
Category
automation
Published
9/30/2015

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