Directus CMS

The content stack your content team can own.

Content teams can ship on day one while engineering keeps schema control, audit logs and more - all with zero lock-in.

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Why wait weeks for CMS tweaks?

While your team waits for engineering resources to free up - marketing campaigns stall, content sits unpublished, and competitors launch new features. 

We built Directus to free up devs and give content teams freedom. 

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Engineering Hours Freed Up Each Month

Every other CMS I’ve worked with feels archaic, but with Directus, it’s like we’re leaving the Dark Ages behind.

For Developers

Spend more time shipping,
and less time distracted

✅ Connect any SQL DB
Instant REST & GraphQL, auth, caching. No schema rewrites needed.

✅ Unopinionated and portable
Keep your tables, keep control. Leave anytime, no lock-in.

✅ Granular RBAC and audit trail
Field-level rules, SSO, SOC 2 logs. 

✅ Typescript hooks
Extend with custom modules or drop into existing CI/CD.

✅ Deploy anywhere
Docker, VPC, or our managed cloud. 

For Content Teams

Spend more time publishing,
and less time pleading

✅ Drag-and-drop content blocks. 
Create pages and reorder without a dev.

✅ Visual editing and scheduled releases.
See updates as you type, launch entire campaigns at once. 

✅ Version history.
Roll back any change, stop wondering who overwrote who's copy. 

✅ Bulk image optimization. 
Auto-resize, crop, and set focal points.

✅ One hub, every channel. 
Publish to web, mobile, IoT from a single source of truth. 

Launch in 60 minutes. Scale forever.

Directus is 100% unopinionated, so you can keep your stack and schema without migrations or lock-in. 

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  • Vue.js
  • Astro
  • Angular
  • Svelte
  • Nuxt
  • Next.js
  • Remix
  • Gatsby

Every feature your team expects in a CMS. And some they didn't.

Directus checks every table-stakes box like versioning and SSO. But it also gives you inline editing, instant APIs, and no-code automations you didn't know a CMS could do. 

Edit your content visually

Make copy changes directly on the page. Inline editing, block controls, and live preview mean tweaks never touch your to-do board. 

Inline editing

Update text, images, and blocks right on the page.

Drag-and-drop blocks

Reorder or insert content components.

One-click publish and schedule

Push updates instantly or set a go-live time.

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Transform media on demand

Edit, tag, and relate media with your entries with (or without) a third-party DAM. 

Scrape metadata for search

Import and scrape IPTC, EXIF, and ICC metadata for advanced asset search.

Organize your files

Easy tagging and organization with folders and bookmarks.

Transform and edit assets

On-the-fly cropping, compression, and other advanced-level image editing.

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Lock down access, not productivity

SSO, RBAC, audit logs pass the toughest security reviews while editors keep moving. 

Deploy built-in authentication

Secure your data and content so only authorized users can gain access.

Enforce accountability

With detailed logs, track changes and edits to maintain a clear audit trail.

Control access

Create permissions to let users take action on their own time.

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Automate every workflow

From content reviews to multi-channel syndication, build no-code flows or drop in Typescript.

Streamline content processes

Schedule posts, trigger reviews, update multiple pages or platforms and more.

Enhance content distribution

Automate syndication to improve the reach and effectiveness of your content.

Personalize content at scale

Serve dynamic content based on user behavior or preferences.

We weren't able to write and publish without asking technical assistance. Directus lets us control all content and publish it to the website on the fly, without help from a developer.

Customize everything. Never outgrow your CMS.

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Don't take our word for it - try it yourself right now.

We like to let our product do the talking. Hop in our sandbox demo or schedule a 15-minute technical walk-through - we know you're going to love it. 

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Build your perfect CMS in hours - not weeks. 

Need something more custom? Directus was built unopinionated. Your devs can skip the boilerplate BS and integrate with any existing stack.