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Strapi vs Statamic
Strapi has 73,425 GitHub stars, 10,050 forks, 558 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Statamic has 4,913 stars, 652 forks, 258 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Strapi leads on adoption by 1,395% (73,425 vs 4,913 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 14% as many forks as stars, Statamic 13%. Statamic 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 | 2026-11-02 | 2026-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 10K | ⑂ 652 |
| 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
Open source headless CMS, self hosted or Cloud you're in control. The leading open source headless CMS, 100% JavaScript/TypeScript, flexible and fully customizable. Docs · Strapi Cloud · Roadmap · Discord · Discussions Strapi is an open source, self hosted headless CMS that lets developers build content APIs fast while giving content creators a friendly editing interface. Define your content models and Strapi generates a full API, ready to consume from any frontend, mobile app, or IoT device. Design content structures visually with the Content Type Builder , no code required Auto generated REST & GraphQL APIs…
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About Statamic
About Statamic Statamic is the flat first, Laravel + Git powered CMS designed for building beautiful, easy to manage websites. [!NOTE] This repository contains the code for the core Statamic Composer package, to be installed into an existing Laravel application. The [application repository][app repo] is where you can find a Laravel application preconfigured with Statamic, which is used when creating a new project via the Statamic CLI tool. Learning Statamic Statamic has extensive [documentation][docs]. We dedicate a significant amount of time and energy every day to improving them, so if something is unclear…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Strapi or Statamic more popular?
Strapi has 73,425 GitHub stars and Statamic has 4,913. 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 (73,425 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose Statamic if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.