The Rise of Headless CMS: Strapi, Contentful, Sanity
As web development continues to evolve rapidly, the demand for flexibility, performance, and scalability has led to a new era of content management systems: Headless CMS . Unlike traditional monolithic CMS platforms like WordPress or Joomla, headless CMS decouples the frontend from the backend, giving developers the freedom to build user interfaces with modern frameworks such as React, Vue, or Angular. In this post, we'll dive into the rise of Headless CMS platforms and take a closer look at three popular contenders in this space: Strapi , Contentful , and Sanity . What is a Headless CMS? A Headless CMS is a content management system that provides content via an API (usually REST or GraphQL) rather than rendering it through a built-in frontend. The “head” — the presentation layer — is separated from the “body” — the backend where content is created and managed. This separation brings a lot of benefits: Frontend freedom (use any framework) Better performance via static site gen...