Directus 8
End-of-life version 8 of Directus, a database API that wraps custom SQL databases with REST and GraphQL endpoints.
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The README states that this version is end-of-life and has been deprecated and superseded by the latest version on directus/directus.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.
Sources
- 2026-10-23: Status, Maintainer, Categories, License, License model, Install with, Content API
github.com/directus/v8-archive - 2026-10-23: Status, links, Written in, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/directus/v8-archive - 2026-10-23: First release, Current major version, Last release
api.github.com/repos/directus/v8-archive/releases - 2026-10-23: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/directus/v8-archive/contributors - 2026-10-23: Runtime, Minimum runtime
github.com/directus/v8-archive/blob/master/api/composer.json