# Slicknode

GraphQL backend, gateway and headless CMS that defines content and data models in GraphQL schema files, with an admin UI and a managed cloud or self-hosted deployment.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://slicknode.com
- repository: https://github.com/slicknode/slicknode
- docs: https://slicknode.com/docs/
- x: https://twitter.com/slicknode

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Slicknode LLC
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2019
- hqCountry: US

### Kind

- category: headless-cms, backend
- hosting: node
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: node 14
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: npm install -g slicknode

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: OSL-3.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2023-05-08

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 208
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 39
- contributors: 3
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 2
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://slicknode.com/ (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/slicknode/slicknode (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://github.com/slicknode/slicknode/blob/master/docs/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/slicknode/slicknode/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- hqCountry: https://slicknode.com/company/tos (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/slicknode/slicknode/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/slicknode/slicknode (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://github.com/slicknode/slicknode/blob/master/docs/docs/extensions/create-extension.md (read 2026-10-23)
- runtimeMin: https://registry.npmjs.org/slicknode/latest (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://github.com/slicknode/slicknode/blob/master/packages/slicknode/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- contentStore: https://github.com/slicknode/slicknode/blob/master/docs/docs/cli/migrate.md (read 2026-10-23)
- databases: https://github.com/slicknode/slicknode/blob/master/docs/docs/cli/start.md (read 2026-10-23)
- headlessApi: https://github.com/slicknode/slicknode/blob/master/packages/slicknode/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- adminUi: https://github.com/slicknode/slicknode/blob/master/packages/slicknode/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- i18n: https://github.com/slicknode/slicknode/blob/master/packages/slicknode/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://github.com/slicknode/slicknode/blob/master/packages/slicknode/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://github.com/slicknode/slicknode/blob/master/docs/docs/cli/start.md (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/slicknode/slicknode (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/slicknode/slicknode/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://registry.npmjs.org/slicknode/latest (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://registry.npmjs.org/slicknode (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/slicknode/slicknode (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/slicknode/slicknode/contributors (read 2026-10-23)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/slicknode (read 2026-10-23)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/slicknode (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Slicknode is a GraphQL backend and headless CMS. The server, started with slicknode start, serves the GraphQL API over HTTP and keeps its data in PostgreSQL. It generates an admin UI from the data model, and modules can carry Node.js extensions. The company behind it is Slicknode LLC, and the same software can run on its managed cloud or on a self-hosted server.

## Worth knowing

The [start command page](https://github.com/slicknode/slicknode/blob/master/docs/docs/cli/start.md) requires a running PostgreSQL server that the process can reach, and image and file modules need S3 or an S3-compatible bucket. The quickstart begins with a Slicknode Cloud account.

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