strapi/README.md

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<h3 align="center">API creation made simple, secure and fast.</h3>
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## Quick start

We've been working on a major update to Strapi for several months now, rewriting the core framework and the administration panel. Performances has been increased, Developer eXperience has been improved and a brand new plugins
ecosystem has been introduced. **Both versions are available, we still recommend you to use v1 for production usage.**.

#### Alpha

The alpha has support for the latest version of Node.js (v8) and npm (v5).
```bash
npm install strapi@alpha -g
```

#### Stable
This is the production-ready version of Strapi (v1). You should also consider that the migration to v3 will not be easy due to many breaking changes.
```bash
npm install strapi -g
```

Read the [Getting started](http://strapi.io/documentation/getting-started/quick-start.html) page to create your first project using Strapi.

## Features

- **Modern Admin Panel:**
  Elegant, entirely customizable and fully extensible admin panel.
- **Secure by default:** Reusable policies, CSRF, CORS, P3P, Xframe, XSS, and more.
- **Plugins Oriented:** Install auth system, content management, custom plugins, and more, in seconds.
- **Blazing Fast:** Built on top of Node.js, Strapi delivers amazing performances.
- **Front-end Agnostic:** Use any front-end frameworks (React, Vue, Angular, etc.), mobile apps or even IoT.
- **Powerful CLI:** Scaffold projects and APIs on the fly.
- **SQL & NoSQL databases:** Work with Mongo as a main database, also supports Postgres, MySQL, etc.

## Philosophy ?

> At [Strapi](http://strapi.io), everything we do we believe in changing the status quo of web development. Our products are simple to use, user friendly and production-ready.

Web and mobile applications needed a powerful, simple to use and production-ready API-driven solution. That's why we created Strapi, an open-source Content Management Framework (CMF) for exposing your content (data, media) accross multi-devices.

Halfway between a CMS and a framework, Strapi takes advantages of both worlds. A powerful dashboard to easily manage your content with a flexible framework layer to develop and integrate specific features.

## Support

For more information on the upcoming version, please take a look to our [ROADMAP](ROADMAP.md).

### Community support

For general help using Strapi, please refer to [the official Strapi documentation](https://strapi.io/documentation/). For additional help, you can use one of this channel to ask question:

- [StackOverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/strapi)
- [Slack](http://slack.strapi.io) (highly recommended for realtime support)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/strapi/strapi)
- [Twitter](https://twitter.com/strapijs)
- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Strapi-616063331867161).

### Professional support

[Strapi Solutions](http://strapi.io), the company behind Strapi, provides a full range of solutions to get better results, faster. We're always looking for the next challenge: coaching, consulting, training, customization, etc. [Drop us an email](mailto:support@strapi.io) to see how we can help you.

## License

[MIT License](LICENSE.md) Copyright (c) 2015-2018 [Strapi Solutions](http://strapi.io/).