Contentful is a hosted headless CMS that bills by records, locales and API calls. Open headless CMSs give you the same structured-content API on your own database, with unlimited content types and no seat-based pricing.
7 open-source alternatives to Contentful you can host yourself, ranked by GitHub stars and updated daily.
| # | App | Category | Stars | Language | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
strapi/strapi
|
CMS & Website Builders | 73,464 | TypeScript | today |
| 2 |
payloadcms/payload
|
CMS & Website Builders | 45,782 | TypeScript | today |
| 3 |
directus/directus
|
CMS & Website Builders Backend-as-a-Service |
38,695 | TypeScript | today |
| 4 |
keystonejs/keystone
|
CMS & Website Builders | 9,989 | TypeScript | today |
| 5 |
Squidex/squidex
|
CMS & Website Builders | 2,516 | C# | today |
| 6 |
ontola/atomic-server
|
Wikis & Knowledge Bases | 1,638 | TypeScript | today |
| 7 |
Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit
|
CMS & Website Builders | 763 | PHP | 30d |