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Open Source Alternatives to Sanity

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What is Sanity?

Sanity is a headless content management system (CMS) that allows developers to structure content with real-time APIs and a customizable editing environment called Sanity Studio.. There are currently 5 open-source alternatives to Sanity, with a combined total of 156.2k GitHub stars. The most common language among these projects is TypeScript.

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Official examples
Official examplespayloadcms/payload

An open-source, fullstack Next.js framework that provides a TypeScript backend and admin panel, usable as a headless CMS or for building applications.

42.0k3.6kTypeScript
1 day ago
Payload
Payloadpayloadcms/payload

An open-source, fullstack Next.js framework that provides a TypeScript backend and admin panel, usable as a headless CMS or for building applications.

42.0k3.6kTypeScript
1 day ago
GitHub Repository
GitHub Repositorydirectus/directus

An open-source data platform that turns any SQL database into a headless CMS, API, and admin panel with real-time collaboration.

34.9k4.7kTypeScript
1 day ago
Community Help Board
Community Help Boarddirectus/directus

An open-source data platform that turns any SQL database into a headless CMS, API, and admin panel with real-time collaboration.

34.9k4.7kTypeScript
1 day ago
Squidex
SquidexSquidex/squidex

An open-source headless CMS and content management hub built with ASP.NET Core, offering a rich API with OData and Swagger support.

2.5k522C#
3 days ago
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