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Strapi vs filament
Strapi has 73,184 GitHub stars, 9,875 forks, 558 open issues and last shipped yesterday. filament has 32,075 stars, 4,208 forks, 26 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Strapi leads on adoption by 128% (73,184 vs 32,075 stars). Strapi is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence; filament is written in PHP under MIT. Strapi has attracted 13% as many forks as stars, filament 13%. Strapi was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (cms), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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Side by side
| Strapi | filament | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 73K | ★ 32K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 9.9K | ⑂ 4.2K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Strapi if
- You weight community size — 73K stars and counting
- You want the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick filament if
- You want the filament feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You evaluated both and filament fits your workflow better
About Strapi
Strapi is an open source headless content management system built entirely in JavaScript and TypeScript. It provides a customizable admin dashboard and automatically generates REST and GraphQL APIs for any content structure defined through its visual Content Type Builder. Strapi lives in the JavaScript ecosystem and targets developers who need to deliver content to diverse frontends—including web, mobile, and IoT applications—without being locked into a specific presentation layer.
read the full Strapi overview →
About filament
Filament is a free, MIT licensed UI framework for Laravel, built on Livewire, that gives PHP developers a cohesive set of components for building applications and admin panels quickly.
read the full filament overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Strapi or filament more popular?
Strapi has 73,184 GitHub stars and filament has 32,075. Strapi has the larger community by that measure.
Are Strapi and filament free?
Both are open source. Strapi has no licence declared in this registry, and filament is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Strapi and filament?
Strapi is written in TypeScript and filament in PHP. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Strapi or filament?
Choose Strapi if you want the larger community (73,184 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose filament if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.