
Strapi
Open-source headless content management system written in JavaScript and TypeScript, with an admin panel and REST and GraphQL APIs.
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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 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.
Identity
Rendering and deploy
- Runs as
- Always on14
- Rendering
- No pages, API only7
- Install with
- npx create-strapi@latest, npm create strapi@latest6
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-18: name, links, Categories, Written in
strapi.io/ - 2026-10-18: links, License, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/strapi/strapi - 2026-10-18: Maintainer, Maintained by, Headquarters
strapi.io/terms - 2026-10-18: Maintainer, License, License model
github.com/strapi/strapi/blob/main/LICENSE - 2026-10-18: Built on, Minimum runtime, License
registry.npmjs.org/@strapi/strapi/latest - 2026-10-18: Runtime, Minimum runtime, Content storage, Databases, Install with
docs.strapi.io/cms/installation/cli - 2026-10-18: Admin interface, Content API, Rendering
docs.strapi.io/cms/intro - 2026-10-18: Multilingual
docs.strapi.io/cms/features/internationalization - 2026-10-18: links
strapi.io/pricing-self-hosted - 2026-10-18: Current major version, Last release
api.github.com/repos/strapi/strapi/releases/latest - 2026-10-18: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/strapi/strapi/contributors - 2026-10-18: npm downloads a week
api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/@strapi/strapi - 2026-10-18: wikidata
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q105826887.json - 2026-10-19: Runs as
docs.strapi.io/cms/deployment - 2026-10-25: Sites using it (HTTP Archive)
cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies - 2026-10-25: Dependent repositories, Dependent packages
packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40strapi%2Fstrapi