Strapi

Strapi is a headless CMS with content types, an admin interface and API delivery.

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CategoryDeveloper Tools
AccessSelf-hosted
PricingFreemium
APIAvailable
Overview

What is Strapi?

Strapi's current documentation describes the Content-Type Builder, Content Manager and API options. A content team can edit structured entries in the admin panel while developers define access and delivery behavior. The exact API shape depends on project configuration.

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Sources checked 27 September 2026: Strapi docs, Content Manager.

Why teams use it

Key capabilities

  • Content models: Define fields and relationships for entries.
  • Editorial interface: Create, edit and publish content in the admin panel.
  • Delivery: Expose permitted content to applications through APIs.
Core areas

Content modeling, editorial management and API delivery form the CMS workflow.

Positioning

Choose Strapi when several channels need the same structured content. Design content types around editorial workflows and test permissions, draft state and media handling before filling the CMS.

Why it matters

A representative test should draft, review, publish and update one real entry, then verify how each consumer sees it.

Deployment & technical details

Technical details

Access
Self-hosted
Source model
Open source
Founded
2016
Headquarters
Paris, France
Pricing model
Freemium
API
Available
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What to verify for your environment

Start from the users, systems and operating responsibilities the tool needs to support.

  • Confirm current features, licensing and support terms with the publisher.
  • Validate deployment, data location, access control, backup and recovery requirements.
  • Test integrations, export paths and a representative operational workflow before committing.
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