# Strapi

Open-source headless content management system written in JavaScript and TypeScript, with an admin panel and REST and GraphQL APIs.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/strapi/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-18
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-18

## Record

### Links

- home: https://strapi.io
- repository: https://github.com/strapi/strapi
- docs: https://docs.strapi.io
- pricing: https://strapi.io/pricing-self-hosted
- plugins: https://community.strapi.io/marketplace
- x: https://x.com/strapijs
- discord: https://discord.strapi.io
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/strapijs/
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/strapijs/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Strapi, Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: US

### Kind

- category: headless-cms
- hosting: node
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: node 20
- basedOn: react

### Content

- contentStore: database
- databases: mysql, mariadb, postgres, sqlite
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: rest, graphql
- templating: unknown
- i18n: yes, core feature on the free plan; AI translation on Growth or Enterprise

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: api-only
- installMethod: npx create-strapi@latest, npm create strapi@latest

### License

- licenseModel: open-core
- license: MIT (Community Edition); ee/ directories under the Strapi Enterprise license, NOASSERTION, SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE

### Releases

- currentMajor: 5
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-14

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 73332
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 131609
- contributors: 344
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 14
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 2962
- dependentPackages: 110

### Sources

- name: https://strapi.io/ (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/strapi/strapi (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/strapi/strapi (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://strapi.io/ (read 2026-10-18)
- maintainer: https://strapi.io/terms (read 2026-10-18)
- maintainer: https://github.com/strapi/strapi/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-18)
- maintainerType: https://strapi.io/terms (read 2026-10-18)
- hqCountry: https://strapi.io/terms (read 2026-10-18)
- category: https://strapi.io/ (read 2026-10-18)
- basedOn: https://registry.npmjs.org/@strapi/strapi/latest (read 2026-10-18)
- language: https://strapi.io/ (read 2026-10-18)
- runtime: https://docs.strapi.io/cms/installation/cli (read 2026-10-18)
- runtimeMin: https://registry.npmjs.org/@strapi/strapi/latest (read 2026-10-18)
- runtimeMin: https://docs.strapi.io/cms/installation/cli (read 2026-10-18)
- contentStore: https://docs.strapi.io/cms/installation/cli (read 2026-10-18)
- databases: https://docs.strapi.io/cms/installation/cli (read 2026-10-18)
- adminUi: https://docs.strapi.io/cms/intro (read 2026-10-18)
- headlessApi: https://docs.strapi.io/cms/intro (read 2026-10-18)
- i18n: https://docs.strapi.io/cms/features/internationalization (read 2026-10-18)
- renderingModes: https://docs.strapi.io/cms/intro (read 2026-10-18)
- installMethod: https://docs.strapi.io/cms/installation/cli (read 2026-10-18)
- license: https://github.com/strapi/strapi/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-18)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/strapi/strapi (read 2026-10-18)
- license: https://registry.npmjs.org/@strapi/strapi/latest (read 2026-10-18)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/strapi/strapi/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://strapi.io/pricing-self-hosted (read 2026-10-18)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/strapi/strapi/releases/latest (read 2026-10-18)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/strapi/strapi/releases/latest (read 2026-10-18)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/strapi/strapi (read 2026-10-18)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/strapi/strapi/contributors (read 2026-10-18)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/@strapi/strapi (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://strapi.io/ (read 2026-10-18)
- wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q105826887.json (read 2026-10-18)
- runsAs: https://docs.strapi.io/cms/deployment (read 2026-10-19)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40strapi%2Fstrapi (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40strapi%2Fstrapi (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Strapi is a Node.js server that holds content in a SQL database, where editors manage it in an admin panel and sites read it through REST and GraphQL. Strapi renders no website itself, so a site needs a separate frontend that calls the API. The server is a long-running Node.js process, and the [deployment guide](https://docs.strapi.io/cms/deployment) recommends running it under a process manager such as PM2. Strapi builds no official container image. The company Strapi, Inc. offers the software and a hosted service, and the repository copyright names Strapi Solutions SAS.

## Worth knowing

The Community Edition is MIT licensed, but directories named ee fall under an enterprise license. Several features, including SSO, review workflows and audit logs, sit in the Enterprise plan.

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