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[@buttercms](https://github.com/buttercms).\n* [Content as a Service: Your Guide to the What, Why, and How?](https://buttercms.com/blog/content-as-a-service-your-guide-to-the-what-why-and-how) - [@buttercms](https://github..com/buttercms).\n* [Headless CMS explained in 5 minutes](https://www.storyblok.com/tp/headless-cms-explained) - [@storyblok](https://github.com/storyblok/).\n* [What is a Headless CMS?](https://css-tricks.com/what-is-a-headless-cms/) - [@chriscoyer](https://github.com/chriscoyier).\n* [Headless CMS explained in 1 minute](https://www.contentful.com/r/knowledgebase/what-is-headless-cms/) - [@contentiful](https://github.com/contentful).\n* [Content as a Service (CaaS): Decoupled CMS and Headless CMS 101](https://www.ibexa.co/blog/content-as-a-service-caas-decoupled-cms-and-headless-cms-101) - [@rolandbenedetti](https://twitter.com/rolandbenedetti)\n* [Decoupled CMS: How to use WordPress and Drupal CMSs with modern frontends, mobile apps, and even IoT devices](https://pantheon.io/decoupled-cms) - [@getpantheon](https://twitter.com/getpantheon).\n* [The Nearly-Headless CMS](https://alistapart.com/column/nearly-headless-cms) - [@dirtystylus](https://twitter.com/dirtystylus).\n* [What are the examples of decoupled/headless CMSs?](https://qr.ae/pNPZuN) - [@Quora](https://twitter.com/Quora).\n* [A Headless CMS Won't Solve All Your Woes](http://www.cmswire.com/web-cms/a-headless-cms-wont-solve-all-your-woes/) - [@bkraft](https://twitter.com/bkraft).\n* [Two Headless CMS - Head to Head](https://medium.com/apegroup-texts/two-headless-cms-head-to-head-94ea26b0b80f#.cocaed99l) - [@elektromin](https://twitter.com/elektromin).\n* [Cloud-First Headless CMS: What It Is and Why You Should Use It](https://www.cmscritic.com/cloud-first-headless-cms-what-it-is-and-why-you-should-use-it/) - [@cmscritic](https://.twitter.com/cmscritic)\n* [What is a cloud-first headless CMS?](https://kontent.ai/blog/what-is-headless-cms) - [@KenticoKontent](https://twitter.com/kenticokontent).\n* [Should you Decouple?](https://www.lullabot.com/articles/should-you-decouple) - [@lullabot](https://twitter.com/lullabot).\n* [Blackstar, the API-first, headless CMS built for developers](http://withouttheloop.com/articles/2016-04-27-headless-cms/) - [@liammclennan](https://twitter.com/liammclennan).\n* [The Ultimate Guide for Headless Content Management Systems](http://www.cms-connected.com/News-Archive/December-2016/The-Ultimate-Guide-for-Headless-Content-Management) - [@cmsconnected](https://twitter.com/cmsconnected)\n* [Built.io wants to challenge Drupal and WordPress with its headless CMS](https://techcrunch.com/2016/03/10/built-io-wants-to-challenge-drupal-and-wordpress-with-its-headless-cms/.) - [@TechCrunch](https://twitter.com/techcrunch)\n* [What is a headless CMS?](http://www.oshyn.com/Blogs/2016/december/Headless-CMS) - [@Oshyn_Inc](https://twitter.com/Oshyn_Inc).\n* [How to Integrate a Headless CMS in a React App in Easy Steps](https://www.lytecms.com/blog/how-to-integrate-headless-cms-in-react-app) - [@lytecms](https://twitter.com/lytecms)\n* [Perch Runway 3 as a Headless CMS](https://grabaperch.com/blog/archive/perch-runway-3-as-a-headless-cms) - [@grabaperch](https://twitter.com/grabaperch).\n* [Decoupling with a Headless CMS](https://symfony-cms.net/decoupling-headless-cms)\n* [Headless CMS – just a fad?](http://www.digitalclaritygroup.com/headless-cms/) - [@Just_Clarity](https://twitter.com/Just_Clarity).\n* [Headless vs. Decoupled CMS Architecture](https://hackernoon.com/headless-vs-decoupled-cms-architecture-e240838fbc99) - [@carsoncgibbons](https://twitter.com/carsoncgibbons).\n* [Use Cases for a Headless CMS](http://gadgetopia.com/post/9743) - [@gadgetopia](https://twitter.com/gadgetopia/).\n* [Decoupled CMS is the New Black](http://gadgetopia.com/post/7330) - [@gadgetopia](https://twitter.com/gadgetopia/).\n* [Sitecore as a true headless CMS](https://www.sitecore.net/da-dk/company/blog/356/sitecore-as-a-true-headless-cms-4418) - [@Sitecore](https://twitter.com/Sitecore).\n* [Building Decoupled Sites and Apps with GraphQL and Next.js](https://malloc.fi/building-decoupled-sites-and-apps-with-graphql-and-next-js) - [@velmu](https://twitter.com/velmu).\n\n## Documents\n\n\u003c!--lint disable awesome-list-item--\u003e\n* [The Rise Of The Headless Content ManagementSystem](documents/the-rise-of-the-headless-cms.pdf) - [@forrester](https://twitter.com/forrester).\n* [The case for headless CMS](documents/EffectiveUI_HeadlessCMS.pdf) - [@effectiveui](https://twitter.com/effectiveui/).\n* [State of the Headless CMS Market 2020](https://tracker.kontent.ai/592920/state-of-the-headless-cms-market-2020) - [@kenticokontent](https://twitter.com/kenticokontent/).\n\u003c!--lint enable awesome-list-item--\u003e\n\n## Speaker Decks\n\n* [WordPress as a Headless CMS](https://www.slideshare.net/WordCampSydney/wordpress-as-a-headless-cms) - [@bronsonquick](https://twitter.com/bronsonquick).\n* [Easy decoupled sitebuilding with GraphQL and Next.js](https://janit.iki.fi/cms-graphql-nextjs/#/)\n\n## Webinars\n\n* [The future of the CMS](http://blog.invisionapp.com/the-future-of-the-cms/) - [@InVisionApp](https://twitter.com/InVisionApp).\n* [Love Your CMS](https://alistapart.com/event/content-management) - [@alistapart](https://twitter.com/alistapart).\n\n## Videos\n\n* [A Conscious Uncoupling: WordPress as a Headless CMS](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDx6G287WKo) - [@krissierae](https://twitter.com/krissierae).\n* [Easy decoupled sitebuilding with GraphQL and Next.js](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcWsa3s8GnE)\n\n## Tools\n* [Atomic-Server](https://github.com/atomicdata-dev/atomic-data-rust/) - Performant open source headless CMS with an embedded database, written in Rust.\n* [Agility CMS](https://agilitycms.com/) - Agility CMS supports RESTful and GraphQL APIs for fast and easy integration with any system.\n* [Buckets](http://buckets.io/) - Buckets is an Open Source CMS built on Node.js and MongoDB.\n* [ButterCMS](https://buttercms.com/) - Headless CMS you'll melt over.\n* [Cloud CMS](https://www.cloudcms.com/) - Cloud CMS is a headless, API-first approach to content management, built around JSON and a high performance cloud architecture.\n* [Cockpit](https://getcockpit.com/) - Simple Content Platform to manage any structured content.\n* [Contember](https://www.contember.com) - Bespoke content management. Build and run GraphQL API and user-centric administration without any hassle.\n* [Contentful](https://www.contentful.com/) - The content platform for the digital-first era.\n* [Contentstack](https://www.contentstack.com/developers-cms) - A CMS by Developers for Developers.\n* [CosmicJS](https://cosmicjs.com/) - Headless CMS and API toolkit to help your team build modern apps faster, together.\n* [CraftCMS](https://craftcms.com/) - Craft is a flexible, user-friendly CMS for creating custom digital experiences on the web and beyond.\n* [Directus](https://getdirectus.com/) - Directus is an open-source tool that wraps custom SQL databases with a dynamic API, and provides an intuitive admin app for managing its content.\n* [dotCMS](http://dotcms.com/) - We are the next-generation platform that supports both the flexibility of a headless CMS, with the efficiency of traditional content authoring.\n* [Easyweb](https://www.easyweb.site/) - Easyweb is a minimalistic user friendly headless CMS for hand crafted sites, shops, apps and digital projects.\n* [Flextype](https://flextype.org/) - Flextype provides faster, more productive way for you to build and manage content for any kind of projects.\n* [Flotiq](https://flotiq.com/) - API-first content management platform that works with any technology, framework, and language.\n* [FrontAid CMS](https://frontaid.io/) - Git-based headless CMS for JSON files.\n* [Graphweaver](https://graphweaver.com/) - Turn multiple data sources into a single GraphQL API.\n* [Hygraph](https://hygraph.com/) - Rapidly deliver digital content at scale.\n* [Kentico Kontent](https://kontent.ai/) - A headless CMS loved by both developers and marketers.\n* [KeystoneJS](https://keystonejs.com/) - Configure your schema in JavaScript, and KeystoneJS will generate a powerful GraphQL API and CMS.\n* [LightCMS](https://metavert.io/) - AI-native headless CMS built with Go and MongoDB. Features REST API, MCP (Model Context Protocol) integration with 41 tools for AI-powered content management, templates, asset management, themes, collections, redirects, and content versioning.\n* [Payload CMS](https://payloadcms.com/) - A self-hosted, headless CMS with code-first configuration, customizable admin panel, and a rich editing experience.\n* [Perch Runaway](https://perchrunway.com/) - A powerful CMS for developing content-centric websites.\n* [prismic.io](https://prismic.io/) - Prismic is a Content Management System, a tool for editing online content.\n* [Silverstripe CMS](https://www.silverstripe.org) - A rapid development MVC framework which can be queried either via GraphQL or a custom API.\n* [StoryBlok](https://www.storyblok.com/) - Storyblok helps your team to tell your story and manage content for every use-case.\n* [Strapi](https://strapi.io/) - Strapi is the leading open-source headless CMS. It's 100% JavaScript, fully customizable and developer-first.\n* [Superdesk](https://www.superdesk.org/) - Superdesk is a state-of-the-art digital newsroom system.\n* [Tipe](https://tipe.io/) - Tipe is a customizable, open-source headless CMS for structured content.\n* [unite cms](https://www.unitecms.io/) - Unite CMS allows you to connect and manage all your digital project's data in one single backend.\n* [Zesty](https://www.zesty.io/) - A cloud content management system for businesses to create and distribute content to websites and other digital experiences at scale.\n\n## Resources\n\n* [Headless CMS](https://headlesscms.org/) - A List of Content Management Systems for Jamstack Sites.\n* [StaticGen](https://www.staticgen.com/) - A List of Static Site Generators for Jamstack Sites.\n* [Headless Commerce](https://headlesscommerce.org/) - A community curated list of commerce products, services, podcasts, books, and more.\n\n## Conferences\n\n### Past\n\n* [Headless Commerce Summit, Thursday, Sept 3 2020 9AM – 1PM PST](https://headlesscommercesummit.com/)\n\n### Upcoming\n","projects_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/lists/n370%2Fawesome-headless-cms/projects"}