Show HN: Directus – Free and Open-Source Headless CMS

Certainly similar in concept. Other than the server-side language, the biggest difference seems to be how it saves the actual data. AA has file-based exports (csv, json, etc), not seeing a relational datastore (maybe Mongo?) – Directus is built on top of your custom-schema SQL database so it scales with large/complex datasets.

Also, while AA has a good set of simple features, Directus has comprehensive user management ACL, more robust file control, and is generally a bit more full-featured.

AA looks like a good option though, going to check it out in more detail! Thanks...

A headless (or decoupled) CMS is one that only manages content, as opposed to most “CMS” out there now that overreach by managing your views, templates, logic, routing, etc. That means that most current “CMS” are built specifically for websites only (more specifically, blogs), however a headless CMS only manages the data itself, and therefore is appropriate for anything from native apps, content syndications, interactive walls, or other data-driven projects. In fact a more important distinction is that it can manage content for MULTIPLE clients, for example a project where an app, widget, and website all pull the same content.

Since the content is decoupled from the application/view you access your data through an API or SDK. For Directus, you can use our API, one of our language SDKs, or just connect to the database directly. That gives developers freedom over their workflow, process, libraries, and database architecture – which can expedite development and optimize performance.