19 self-hosted Contentful alternatives

Open-source headless CMS for building customizable content APIs with an admin UI, supporting REST/GraphQL and multiple databases.

73k stars9.8k forkslast commit 26 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Payload is an open-source, TypeScript-first headless CMS for Next.js with an extensible admin UI, auth, drafts, access control, and APIs for building fullstack apps.

44.4k stars4.1k forksMITlast commit 26 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Directus turns any SQL database into a headless CMS with an admin app, role-based access control, and instant REST and GraphQL APIs for custom applications.

37.6k stars4.9k forkslast commit 25 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Wagtail is an open-source CMS built on Django and Python, offering an editor-friendly admin UI, flexible content modeling with StreamField, and optional headless APIs.

20.5k stars4.6k forksBSD-3-Clauselast commit 16 Aug 2026Actively maintained

KeystoneJS is an open-source headless CMS and application framework for Node.js that uses TypeScript, Prisma, GraphQL and React to provide customizable schemas, an Admin UI and generated APIs.

10k stars1.3k forksMITlast commit 26 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Open-source full-stack CMS built with Node.js and MongoDB, featuring in-context visual editing and headless APIs for building modern websites and content apps.

4.6k stars646 forkslast commit 25 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Pimcore is an open core data and experience management platform combining PIM/MDM, DAM, CMS/DXP, CDP and digital commerce with extensible APIs and modeling tools.

3.8k stars1.5k forkslast commit 26 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Squidex is an open-source headless CMS and content hub with REST and GraphQL APIs, workflows, versioning, and integrations for delivering content to any app or site.

2.5k stars521 forksMITlast commit 26 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Open source headless CMS and real-time graph database with schema tooling, full-text search, tables, documents, files, and SDKs for web apps.

1.6k stars78 forkslast commit 25 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Enterprise-grade PHP CMS with multisite, multilingual and headless capabilities, extensible via Composer and an extensive extension ecosystem.

1.2k stars704 forksGPL-2.0last commit 8 Aug 2026Actively maintained

A PHP-based CMS with a visual page builder, multi-site, localization, ecommerce, and GraphQL/REST APIs.

1.2k stars211 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 5 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Automad is a fast, lightweight flat-file CMS with an admin dashboard, block editor, in-page editing, theme/package support, and an optional headless JSON API.

927 stars55 forkslast commit 23 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Open-source digital newsroom platform for news creation, curation, workflow, and multi-channel distribution, built around an API-centric headless CMS.

747 stars238 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 25 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Cockpit is an API-first, self-hostable headless CMS for managing structured content, assets, and localization with REST and GraphQL APIs.

745 stars84 forkslast commit 26 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Express middleware that generates REST collection APIs from JSON Schema with a Django-like admin UI; supports MongoDB, PostgreSQL or JSON-file storage.

452 stars24 forksMITlast commit 19 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Symfony-based polymorphic CMS using a node system, Twig theming, Doctrine ORM and API-first support for building headless or traditional sites.

371 stars32 forkslast commit 26 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Localess is a translation management tool and headless CMS built with Angular and Firebase, offering AI-assisted translations, schema-driven content, real-time editing, CDN caching, and API integration.

73 stars19 forksMITlast commit 4 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Open-source PHP content management system and MVC framework with admin UI, ORM, REST/GraphQL APIs, asset management and an extensible module ecosystem.

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Plone is an enterprise CMS built on Python and Zope, offering structured content, workflows, permissions, and optional headless APIs for secure websites and intranets.

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