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Strapi vs Statamic
Strapi has 73,184 GitHub stars, 9,875 forks, 558 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Statamic has 4,891 stars, 642 forks, 258 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Strapi leads on adoption by 1,396% (73,184 vs 4,891 stars). Strapi is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence; Statamic is written in PHP under a custom or non-standard licence. Strapi has attracted 13% as many forks as stars, Statamic 13%. Strapi was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 3 topic tags (cms, content-management-system, graphql), 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 | Statamic | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 73K | ★ 4.9K |
| License | Custom / other | Custom / other |
| Written in | TypeScript | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 9.9K | ⑂ 642 |
| 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 Statamic if
- You want the Statamic feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You evaluated both and Statamic 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 Statamic
Statamic is a content management system built for the Laravel ecosystem, distributed as a Composer package that is installed into an existing Laravel application. It describes itself as a flat first CMS powered by Laravel and Git, and the repository holds the core package rather than a standalone application. A separate application repository provides a Laravel project preconfigured with Statamic, which the Statamic CLI tool uses when creating a new project.
read the full Statamic overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Strapi or Statamic more popular?
Strapi has 73,184 GitHub stars and Statamic has 4,891. Strapi has the larger community by that measure.
Are Strapi and Statamic free?
Neither Strapi nor Statamic declares a licence in this registry, so check each project's own repository before relying on either for a commercial use. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Strapi and Statamic?
Strapi is written in TypeScript and Statamic 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 Statamic?
Choose Strapi if you want the larger community (73,184 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose Statamic if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.