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The flexible backend for all your projects 🐰 Turn your DB into a headless CMS, admin panels, or apps with a custom UI, instant APIs, auth & more.

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Connect your database to create custom apps and manage content easily.

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The flexible backend for all your projects 🐰 Turn your DB into a headless CMS, admin panels, or apps with a custom UI, instant APIs, auth & more.

directus has 37.7k stars on GitHub. It has been forked 4.9k times. directus is written mainly in TypeScript. It has been in active development since 2012. Its main topics are api, app, cms, composable.

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What is directus?

The flexible backend for all your projects 🐰 Turn your DB into a headless CMS, admin panels, or apps with a custom UI, instant APIs, auth & more.

Is directus open source?

directus is an open-source project.

Is directus free?

Yes. directus is free and open source — you can use, modify and self-host it.

What language is directus written in?

directus is written mainly in TypeScript.

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