The leading open-source headless CMS, 100% JavaScript/TypeScript, flexible and fully customizable.
Strapi Community Edition is a free and open-source headless CMS enabling you to manage any content, anywhere.
- Self-hosted or Cloud:You can host and scale Strapi projects the way you want. You can save time by deploying toStrapi Cloudor deploy to the hosting platform you want**: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, DigitalOcean.
- Modern Admin Panel:Elegant, entirely customizable and a fully extensible admin panel.
- Multi-database support:You can choose the database you prefer: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, and SQLite.
- Customizable:You can quickly build your logic by fully customizing APIs, routes, or plugins to fit your needs perfectly.
- Blazing Fast and Robust:Built on top of Node.js and TypeScript, Strapi delivers reliable and solid performance.
- Front-end Agnostic:Use any front-end framework (React, Next.js, Vue, Angular, etc.), mobile apps or even IoT.
- Secure by default:Reusable policies, CORS, CSP, P3P, Xframe, XSS, and more.
- Powerful CLI:Scaffold projects and APIs on the fly.
Read the Getting Started tutorialor follow the steps below:
Install Strapi with thisQuickstartcommand to create a Strapi project instantly:
- (Useyarnto install the Strapi project (recommended).Install yarn with these docs.)
yarn create strapior
- (Using npx to install the Strapi project.)
npx create-strapi@latestThis command generates a brand new project with the default features (authentication, permissions, content management, content type builder & file upload).
Enjoy 🎉
Complete installation requirements can be found in the documentation underInstallation Requirements.
Supported operating systems:
| OS | Recommended | Minimum |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | 24.04 | LTS |
| Debian | 11 | LTS |
| RHEL | 9 | LTS |
| macOS | 14 | 12 |
| Windows Desktop | 11 | 10 |
| Windows Server | No Support | No Support |
| Docker | N/A | N/A |
(Please note that Strapi may work on other operating systems, but these are not tested nor officially supported at this time.)
Node:
Strapi only supports maintenance and LTS versions of Node.js. Please refer to theNode.js release schedulefor more information. NPM versions installed by default with Node.js are supported. Generally it's recommended to use yarn over npm where possible.
| Strapi Version | Recommended | Minimum |
|---|---|---|
| 5.0.0 and up | 20.x | 18.x |
| 4.14.5 and up | 20.x | 18.x |
| 4.11.0 and up | 18.x | 16.x |
| 4.3.9 to 4.10.x | 18.x | 14.x |
| 4.0.x to 4.3.8 | 16.x | 14.x |
Database:
| Database | Recommended | Minimum |
|---|---|---|
| MySQL | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| MariaDB | 11.2 | 10.3 |
| PostgreSQL | 16.0 | 14.0 |
| SQLite | 3 | 3 |
We recommend always using the latest version of Strapi stable to start your new projects.
- Content Types Builder:Build the most flexible publishing experience for your content managers, by giving them the freedom to create any page on the go withfields,components andDynamic Zones.
- Media Library:Upload your images, videos, audio or documents to the media library. Easily find the right asset, edit and reuse it.
- Internationalization:The Internationalization (i18n) plugin allows Strapi users to create, manage and distribute localized content in different languages, called "locales"
- Role Based Access Control:Create an unlimited number of custom roles and permissions for admin and end users.
- GraphQL or REST:Consume the API using REST or GraphQL
You can unlock additional features such as SSO, Audit Logs, Review Workflows inStrapi CloudorStrapi Enterprise.
Please read ourContributing Guidebefore submitting a Pull Request to the project.
For general help using Strapi, please refer tothe official Strapi documentation.For additional help, you can use one of these channels to ask a question:
- Discord(For live discussion with the Community and Strapi team)
- GitHub(Bug reports, Contributions)
- Community Forum(Questions and Discussions)
- Feedback section(Roadmap, Feature requests)
- Twitter(Get the news fast)
- YouTube Channel(Learn from Video Tutorials)
Follow ourmigration guideson the documentation to keep your projects up-to-date.
Check out ourroadmapto get informed of the latest features released and the upcoming ones. You may also give us insights and vote for a specific feature.
See our dedicatedrepositoryfor the Strapi documentation, or view our documentation live:
See for yourself what's under the hood by getting access to ahosted Strapi projectwith sample data.
See theLICENSEfile for licensing information.
