#30
B+
Rank #66
Strapi
Open-source headless CMS with a customizable admin panel and auto-generated REST/GraphQL APIs. Its plugin architecture and content-type builder make it a popular Contentful alternative for teams that want to self-host.
74.8
/ 100
⚙ Full Stack
Node.js/Koa backend with a React admin SPA, pluggable ORM (Bookshelf/Knex) supporting SQLite, Postgres, or MySQL. Media uploads default to local disk unless an S3-compatible provider plugin is configured.
📈 Scaling Analysis
Horizontally scalable once local file uploads are moved to object storage and sessions are stateless; the default SQLite + local-disk-upload config is a single-instance trap that many self-hosters never outgrow. With Postgres and external media storage it scales like a typical Node API tier behind a load balancer.
🚀 Running on Nexlayer
Deploy as an app pod plus a postgres pod, with Strapi reaching the DB at postgres.pod:5432 per Nexlayer's inter-pod DNS convention. Set DATABASE_CLIENT/HOST/PORT env vars and mirror the node base image via mirror.gcr.io; configure S3-compatible upload storage instead of local disk before scaling replicas.