Overview

Unlike traditional CMSs (like WordPress) that couple content with a specific display layer, a Headless CMS is 'decoupled.' It provides tools to manage content but leaves the presentation (the frontend) to the developer.

Advantages

  • Omnichannel Delivery: Serve content to websites, mobile apps, and IoT devices from one source.
  • Developer Freedom: Use any frontend framework (React, Vue, etc.).
  • Scalability: Easier to scale the frontend and backend independently.

Examples

  • Payload CMS
  • Contentful
  • Strapi

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