18 self-hosted Directus Cloud alternatives

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

72.7k stars9.8k forkslast commit 24 Jul 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.

43.8k stars4k forksMITlast commit 27 Jul 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.

36.9k stars4.9k forkslast commit 27 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Open source tool to publish SQLite databases as an interactive website with a JSON API, with a powerful plugin system for search, auth, and customization.

11.3k stars886 forksApache-2.0last commit 25 Jul 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.

9.9k stars1.3k forksMITlast commit 28 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Self-hosted web app that provides a spreadsheet-like interface to view, edit, query, and manage PostgreSQL data with native Postgres role-based access control.

5.1k stars484 forksGPL-3.0last commit 13 Jul 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 27 Jul 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 stars517 forksMITlast commit 16 Jun 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 stars75 forksMITlast commit 25 Jul 2026Actively maintained

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

1.2k stars706 forksGPL-2.0last commit 5 May 2026Actively maintained

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

1.1k stars200 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 12 Jun 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.

920 stars53 forkslast commit 23 Jul 2026Actively maintained

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

742 stars83 forkslast commit 5 Jul 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 5 Apr 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 16 Jan 2025Likely dormant

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.

74 stars19 forksMITlast commit 13 Jul 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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