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Strapi vs luban-h5
Strapi has 73,184 GitHub stars, 9,875 forks, 558 open issues and last shipped yesterday. luban-h5 has 6,240 stars, 1,280 forks, 109 open issues and last shipped 9 months ago. Strapi leads on adoption by 1,073% (73,184 vs 6,240 stars). Strapi is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence; luban-h5 is written in JavaScript under GPL-3.0. Strapi has attracted 13% as many forks as stars, luban-h5 21%. Strapi was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
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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| Strapi | luban-h5 | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 73K | ★ 6.2K |
| License | Custom / other | GPL-3.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-01-03 |
| Forks | ⑂ 9.9K | ⑂ 1.3K |
| 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 luban-h5 if
- You want the luban-h5 feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the GPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and luban-h5 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 luban-h5
Luban H5 is an open source, GPL 3.0 licensed drag and drop builder that generates mobile H5 pages, built on Vue 2.0 and described by its maintainers as a mini Webflow for mobile pages, for developers and teams who want to self host the design and publishing workflow that hosted platforms such as Eqxiu, Maka, and Baidu H5 provide.
read the full luban-h5 overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Strapi or luban-h5 more popular?
Strapi has 73,184 GitHub stars and luban-h5 has 6,240. Strapi has the larger community by that measure.
Are Strapi and luban-h5 free?
Both are open source. Strapi has no licence declared in this registry, and luban-h5 is licensed under GPL-3.0. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Strapi and luban-h5?
Strapi is written in TypeScript and luban-h5 in JavaScript. 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 luban-h5?
Choose Strapi if you want the larger community (73,184 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose luban-h5 if its feature set, stack or GPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.