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Strapi vs frappe
Strapi has 73,184 GitHub stars, 9,875 forks, 558 open issues and last shipped yesterday. frappe has 10,791 stars, 5,327 forks, 2,003 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Strapi leads on adoption by 578% (73,184 vs 10,791 stars). Strapi is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence; frappe is written in Python under MIT. Strapi has attracted 13% as many forks as stars, frappe 49%. Strapi was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (cms, javascript), 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 | frappe | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 73K | ★ 11K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | Python |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 9.9K | ⑂ 5.3K |
| 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 frappe if
- You want the frappe feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and frappe 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 frappe
Frappe Framework is a full stack, low code web framework written in Python and JavaScript, licensed under MIT. It runs on the server side on Python and MariaDB, and it ships with a tightly integrated client side library that handles the browser layer of an application. The project sits in the Python and JavaScript web development ecosystem, and it has been developed for roughly fifteen years, with its first work beginning in 2005 and its repository now holding over ten thousand stars and more than five thousand forks.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Strapi or frappe more popular?
Strapi has 73,184 GitHub stars and frappe has 10,791. Strapi has the larger community by that measure.
Are Strapi and frappe free?
Both are open source. Strapi has no licence declared in this registry, and frappe is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Strapi and frappe?
Strapi is written in TypeScript and frappe in Python. 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 frappe?
Choose Strapi if you want the larger community (73,184 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose frappe if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.