API creation made simple, secure and fast.

The most advanced open-source headless CMS to build powerful APIs with no effort.

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, Render, 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. ## Getting Started Read the Getting Started tutorial or follow the steps below: ### ⏳ Installation Install Strapi with this **Quickstart** command to create a Strapi project instantly: - (Use **yarn** to install the Strapi project (recommended). [Install yarn with these docs](https://yarnpkg.com/lang/en/docs/install/).) ```bash yarn create strapi-app my-project --quickstart ``` **or** - (Use npm/npx to install the Strapi project.) ```bash npx create-strapi-app my-project --quickstart ``` This command generates a brand new project with the default features (authentication, permissions, content management, content type builder & file upload). The **Quickstart** command installs Strapi using a **SQLite** database which is used for prototyping in development. Enjoy 🎉 ### 🖐 Requirements Complete installation requirements can be found in the documentation under Installation Requirements. **Supported operating systems**: - Ubuntu LTS/Debian 9.x - CentOS/RHEL 8 - macOS Mojave - Windows 10 - Docker - [Docker-Repo](https://github.com/strapi/strapi-docker) (Please note that Strapi may work on other operating systems, but these are not tested nor officially supported at this time.) **Node:** - NodeJS >= 12 <= 16 - NPM >= 6.x **Database:** - MySQL >= 5.6 - MariaDB >= 10.1 - PostgreSQL >= 10 - SQLite >= 3 **We recommend always using the latest version of Strapi to start your new projects**. ## Features - **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 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. - **SQL databases:** Works with PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, and SQLite. **[See more on our website](https://strapi.io/overview)**. ## Contributing Please read our [Contributing Guide](./CONTRIBUTING.md) before submitting a Pull Request to the project. ## 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 these channels to ask a question: - [Discord](https://discord.strapi.io) (For live discussion with the Community and Strapi team) - [GitHub](https://github.com/strapi/strapi) (Bug reports, Contributions) - [Community Forum](https://forum.strapi.io) (Questions and Discussions) - [Academy](https://academy.strapi.io) (Learn the fundamentals of Strapi) - [ProductBoard](https://portal.productboard.com/strapi/tabs/2-under-consideration) (Roadmap, Feature requests) - [Twitter](https://twitter.com/strapijs) (Get the news fast) - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Strapi-616063331867161) - [YouTube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/strapi) (Learn from Video Tutorials) ## Migration Follow our [migration guides](https://strapi.io/documentation/developer-docs/latest/update-migration-guides/migration-guides.html) on the documentation to keep your projects up-to-date. ## Roadmap Check out our [roadmap](https://portal.productboard.com/strapi) to get informed of the latest features released and the upcoming ones. You may also give us insights and vote for a specific feature. ## Documentation See our dedicated [repository](https://github.com/strapi/documentation) for the Strapi documentation, or view our documentation live: - [Developer docs](https://strapi.io/documentation/developer-docs/latest/getting-started/introduction.html) - [User docs](https://strapi.io/documentation/user-docs/latest/getting-started/introduction.html) ## Try live demo See for yourself what's under the hood by getting access to a [hosted Strapi project](https://strapi.io/demo) with sample data. ## License See the [LICENSE](./LICENSE) file for licensing information.