cms

Headless CMS

CMS with API, no front-end rendering.

Definition

A headless CMS separates content management from front-end rendering. Content lives in the CMS, but any frontend (Next.js, React, mobile app) consumes it via API.

Example

Contentful, Sanity, RankFlo, and Strapi are headless CMSs.

Related terms

CMS

Content management system.

Hybrid CMS

Combines headless + traditional rendering.

Static site generator

Builds HTML files at deploy time.

Jamstack

Modern web architecture (JavaScript, APIs, Markup).

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