# Dossier

Open-source toolkit for building headless content management systems in TypeScript, on PostgreSQL or SQLite.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/dossier/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-23
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-23

## Record

### Links

- home: https://dossierhq.dev
- repository: https://github.com/dossierhq/dossierhq
- docs: https://dossierhq.dev/docs

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Jonas Bengtsson
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2023
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: headless-cms, cms
- hosting: unknown
- language: javascript
- runtime: unknown
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: database
- databases: postgres, sqlite
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: graphql, rest
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: npm init with a dossierhq template

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2025-07-25

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 52
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 88
- contributors: 4
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 3
- dependentPackages: 13

### Sources

- urls: https://dossierhq.dev/ (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/dossierhq/dossierhq (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://dossierhq.dev/ (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://dossierhq.dev/ (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/dossierhq/dossierhq (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://registry.npmjs.org/@dossierhq%2fcore (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://dossierhq.dev/ (read 2026-10-23)
- contentStore: https://dossierhq.dev/ (read 2026-10-23)
- databases: https://dossierhq.dev/ (read 2026-10-23)
- headlessApi: https://dossierhq.dev/ (read 2026-10-23)
- headlessApi: https://www.dossierhq.dev/docs/tutorial-published-rest-api (read 2026-10-23)
- adminUi: https://www.dossierhq.dev/docs/getting-started (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://www.dossierhq.dev/docs/getting-started (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://dossierhq.dev/ (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/dossierhq/dossierhq (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://registry.npmjs.org/@dossierhq%2fcore/latest (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://registry.npmjs.org/@dossierhq%2fcore (read 2026-10-23)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/@dossierhq/core (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/dossierhq/dossierhq (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/dossierhq/dossierhq/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-23)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40dossierhq%2Fcore (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40dossierhq%2Fcore (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Dossier is an open-source toolkit for building headless content management systems in TypeScript. Content is stored in PostgreSQL or SQLite, and the toolkit generates TypeScript types and a GraphQL schema. Authentication is left to the application that uses it, so the integrator brings their own. New projects are created with npm init from a [starter template](https://dossierhq.dev/docs/getting-started), and the docs name Astro and Next.js starters. The templates make the web interface available in development mode only.

## Worth knowing

The homepage says Dossier is in active development and that not everything is supported yet. The repository is a monorepo of published npm packages, and this record uses the core package, @dossierhq/core.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0