Best Open Source Alternatives to Hygraph

Compare the best free and open-source alternatives to Hygraph — self-hosted and desktop replacements you fully control, ranked by GitHub stars, license and platform support.

Curated by open-source.store · Updated November 2026 · 4 alternatives

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Hygraph alternatives compared

Open-source alternatives to Hygraph, compared by stars, license and platform
Tool		License	Platforms	Self-hosted
Strapi	73,425	MIT	LinuxmacOSWindowsDocker	Yes	Nov 2026	Visit
Payload	45,627	MIT	LinuxmacOSWindowsDocker	Yes	Nov 2026	Visit
Directus	38,799	GPL-3.0	LinuxmacOSWindowsDocker	Yes	Nov 2026	Visit
KeystoneJS	9,986	MIT	LinuxmacOSWindowsDocker	Yes	Nov 2026	Visit

Top open-source Hygraph alternatives

Strapi73,425MIT

Strapi is an open-source headless CMS replacing Contentful, giving self-hosters customizable REST and GraphQL APIs backed by standard Git and SQL storage.

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