Commercial Software for Self-Hosted
Ghost
Ghost is a free and open-source headless CMS and blogging platform developed by Ghost Foundation. With Ghost you can manage content in style, the user experience provided by the software is intuitive and encourages writing. Ghost is written in JavaScript for the Node.js platform and is released under the MIT license.
Craft CMS
Craft CMS is a flexible, user-friendly CMS for creating custom digital experiences on the web and beyond. Craft is designed from the ground up to empoer the entire creative process. From the user-friendly interface to the completely customizable back end, everything you interact with is designed to just make sense. With Craft your content comes first. No more trying to make your content work within the confines of the CMS.
Magnolia CMS
Magnolia CMS is the superior headless content management solution for a reliable DX platform. With Magnolia you can unify your content and create data-driven, omnichannel experience.
Kirby
Kirby is a flat file content management system written in PHP. Kirby adapts to any project and can be used by developers, designers, creators and clients to create websites for businesses and personal use.
ButterCMS
ButterCMS is a commercial headless content management system and content API. With ButterCMS you can quickly setup your very own headless CMS that supports In-browser editing. Where you can quickly find and filter your images and files, update and schedule content and serve you assets over a content delivery network.
TinaCMS
Tina is an open-source site editing toolkit and headless CMS for React-based sites like Gatsby & Next.js
Storyblok
A headless & API-based CMS with an opt-in head and a visual editor. With Storyblok you can manage your content through an intuitive dashboard and access that data though the content delivery API, as nested JSON. Storyblok is an open-source software and can be used as such, but is also provided as a commercially hosted, cloud rendering service. As a front-end developer you can choose to work with any template engine, framework or system of your choice.
CushyCMS
CushyCMS is a FREE hosted content management system that's actually easy to use, fast to setup and doesn't require programming skills.
Rooftop
Rooftop is a open source and managed, API-only implementation of the WordPress CMS. With Rooftop, developers can harness the power of WordPress and write frontends in any language. Rooftop can be used to build websites, web applications and mobile applications.
DatoCMS
Connect DatoCMS to your favorite site generator, build the perfect backend and deploy anywhere you like.