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Strapi vs WordPress
Strapi has 73,188 GitHub stars, 9,877 forks, 558 open issues and last shipped yesterday. WordPress has 21,428 stars, 12,979 forks, 3 open issues and last shipped today. Strapi leads on adoption by 242% (73,188 vs 21,428 stars). Strapi is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence; WordPress is written in PHP under a custom or non-standard licence. Strapi has attracted 13% as many forks as stars, WordPress 61%. WordPress 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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Side by side
| Strapi | WordPress | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 73K | ★ 21K |
| License | Custom / other | Custom / other |
| Written in | TypeScript | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-18 |
| Forks | ⑂ 9.9K | ⑂ 13K |
| 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 WordPress if
- You want the WordPress feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You evaluated both and WordPress 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 WordPress
WordPress is a PHP based website builder and personal publishing platform. It lives in the open source web publishing ecosystem and is distributed as a self hosted package installed on a web server. The project provides an administrative interface for creating, customizing, and managing a website, and it relies on a MySQL or MariaDB database for site content and configuration.
read the full WordPress overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Strapi or WordPress more popular?
Strapi has 73,188 GitHub stars and WordPress has 21,428. Strapi has the larger community by that measure.
Are Strapi and WordPress free?
Neither Strapi nor WordPress 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 WordPress?
Strapi is written in TypeScript and WordPress 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 WordPress?
Choose Strapi if you want the larger community (73,188 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose WordPress if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.