Best Open Source Alternatives to Sanity

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

Curated by open-source.store · Updated November 2026 · 9 alternatives

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Open-source alternatives to Sanity, 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
Statamic	4,913	—	Web	No	Nov 2026	Visit
Twill CMS	3,972	Apache-2.0	Web	No	Sep 2026	Visit
Craft CMS	3,622	—	DockerLinux	Yes	Nov 2026	Visit
ProcessWire	1,158	—	Web	No	Oct 2026	Visit
Marble CMS	385	AGPL-3.0	Web	No	Nov 2026	Visit

Top open-source Sanity 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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Payload45,627MIT

Open-source headless CMS and fullstack framework replacing Contentful with code-first TypeScript schemas and direct database access in Next.js.

LinuxmacOSWindowsDocker

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Directus38,799GPL-3.0

Directus replaces SaaS headless CMSs like Contentful with a self-hosted API layer and studio that connects directly to your existing SQL database.

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KeystoneJS9,986MIT

KeystoneJS is an open-source, code-first alternative to Contentful that generates GraphQL APIs and an admin UI directly from your TypeScript schema.

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vs Sanity: a free, open-source option you fully control, licensed MIT.

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Statamic4,913

Statamic replaces database-heavy CMS platforms like WordPress with Git-backed flat-file content management built on Laravel for complete version control.

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Best Open Source Alternatives to Sanity

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Twill CMS

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