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-Strapi is a free and open source headless CMS delivering your content anywhere you need.
+Strapi is a free and open-source headless CMS delivering your content anywhere you need.
 
 - **Keep control over your data**. With Strapi, you know where your data is stored, and you keep full control at all times.
-- **Self hosted**. You can host and scale Strapi projects the way you want. You can choose any hosting platform you want: AWS, Netlify, Heroku, a VPS, or a dedicated server. You can scale as you grow, 100% independent.
+- **Self-hosted**. You can host and scale Strapi projects the way you want. You can choose any hosting platform you want: AWS, Netlify, Heroku, a VPS, or a dedicated server. You can scale as you grow, 100% independent.
 - **Database agnostic**. You can choose the database you prefer. Strapi works with SQL & NoSQL databases: MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, and SQLite.
 - **Customizable**. You can quickly build your logic by fully customizing APIs, routes, or plugins to fit your needs perfectly.
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ This project is currently in **Beta**. Significant breaking changes are unlikely
 
 - **Modern Admin Panel:** Elegant, entirely customizable and a fully extensible admin panel.
 - **Secure by default:** Reusable policies, CORS, CSP, P3P, Xframe, XSS, and more.
-- **Plugins Oriented:** Install auth system, content management, custom plugins, and more, in seconds.
+- **Plugins Oriented:** Install the auth system, content management, custom plugins, and more, in seconds.
 - **Blazing Fast:** Built on top of Node.js, Strapi delivers amazing performance.
 - **Front-end Agnostic:** Use any front-end framework (React, Vue, Angular, etc.), mobile apps or even IoT.
 - **Powerful CLI:** Scaffold projects and APIs on the fly.