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Strapi

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

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

Status
Active
Maintainer
Strapi, Inc.34
Maintained by
Company3
Headquarters
United States3

Rendering and deploy

Runs as
Always on14
Rendering
No pages, API only7
Install with
npx create-strapi@latest, npm create strapi@latest6

Releases

Current major version
510
Last release
2026-10-1410

Adoption

GitHub stars
73,3322
npm downloads a week
131,60912
Contributors
34411
Sites using it (HTTP Archive)
1415
Dependent repositories
2,96216
Dependent packages
11016

Why these figures do not compare

Sources

  1. 2026-10-18: name, links, Categories, Written in
    strapi.io/
  2. 2026-10-18: links, License, GitHub stars
    api.github.com/repos/strapi/strapi
  3. 2026-10-18: Maintainer, Maintained by, Headquarters
    strapi.io/terms
  4. 2026-10-18: Maintainer, License, License model
    github.com/strapi/strapi/blob/main/LICENSE
  5. 2026-10-18: Built on, Minimum runtime, License
    registry.npmjs.org/@strapi/strapi/latest
  6. 2026-10-18: Runtime, Minimum runtime, Content storage, Databases, Install with
    docs.strapi.io/cms/installation/cli
  7. 2026-10-18: Admin interface, Content API, Rendering
    docs.strapi.io/cms/intro
  8. 2026-10-18: Multilingual
    docs.strapi.io/cms/features/internationalization
  9. 2026-10-18: links
    strapi.io/pricing-self-hosted
  10. 2026-10-18: Current major version, Last release
    api.github.com/repos/strapi/strapi/releases/latest
  11. 2026-10-18: Contributors
    api.github.com/repos/strapi/strapi/contributors
  12. 2026-10-18: npm downloads a week
    api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/@strapi/strapi
  13. 2026-10-18: wikidata
    www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q105826887.json
  14. 2026-10-19: Runs as
    docs.strapi.io/cms/deployment
  15. 2026-10-25: Sites using it (HTTP Archive)
    cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies
  16. 2026-10-25: Dependent repositories, Dependent packages
    packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40strapi%2Fstrapi

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