# Directus 8

End-of-life version 8 of Directus, a database API that wraps custom SQL databases with REST and GraphQL endpoints.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/directus-php/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-23
Listed since: 2026-10-23

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/directus/v8-archive

### Identity

- status: discontinued
- maintainer: RANGER Studio LLC
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2018
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: headless-cms
- hosting: php
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 7.1
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: rest, graphql
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: build.sh bundle

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: GPL-3.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 8
- latestReleaseDate: 2020-11-19

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 512
- packagistDownloads: unknown
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 121
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- status: https://github.com/directus/v8-archive (read 2026-10-23)
- status: https://api.github.com/repos/directus/v8-archive (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/directus/v8-archive (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://github.com/directus/v8-archive (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/directus/v8-archive (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://github.com/directus/v8-archive (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://github.com/directus/v8-archive (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/directus/v8-archive (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://github.com/directus/v8-archive (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/directus/v8-archive/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/directus/v8-archive/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/directus/v8-archive/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/directus/v8-archive (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/directus/v8-archive/contributors (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://github.com/directus/v8-archive/blob/master/api/composer.json (read 2026-10-23)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/directus/v8-archive/blob/master/api/composer.json (read 2026-10-23)
- headlessApi: https://github.com/directus/v8-archive (read 2026-10-23)

## Notes

Directus 8 is the version 8 line of Directus, a database API that wraps custom SQL databases with REST and GraphQL endpoints. The repository holds a monorepo of the version 8 application, and its `api` folder contains the PHP code. The README describes a `build.sh` script that builds the archive into a ready-to-use bundle.

## Worth knowing

The README states that this version is end-of-life and has been deprecated and superseded by the latest version on directus/directus. The repository is archived and read-only on GitHub.

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