Strapi Has a Free Headless CMS — Build APIs Without Writing Backend Code

A frontend developer needed a blog API. Writing Express routes, database schemas, and auth middleware for a simple blog felt like building a house to hang a picture. Strapi is a free, open-source headless CMS. Define your content types visually, get REST and GraphQL APIs automatically. What Strapi Offers for Free Content Type Builder - Visual schema editor, no code needed REST and GraphQL - Automatic API generation Role-Based Access - Fine-grained permissions per content type Media Library - Upload, organize, and serve files i18n - Built-in internationalization Webhooks - Trigger actions on content changes Plugin System - SEO, email, Cloudinary, and more TypeScript - Full TypeScript support Quick Start npx create-strapi-app my-project --quickstart # Admin panel at http://localhost:1337/admin GitHub: strapi/strapi - 65K+ stars Need to monitor and scrape data from multiple web services automatically? I build custom scraping solutions. Check out my web scraping toolkit or email me at spin