---
title: "Best Headless CMS for React in 2024"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/best-headless-cms-for-react-in-2024-2cxsjxmta
source_url: https://focusreactive.com/react-cms/
type: article
source: "Community Picks"
published: 2024-05-08T11:37:54.022Z
updated: 2024-05-09T08:22:04.995Z
tags: ["webdev", "react", "cms"]
reading_time: 15
upvotes: 167
comments: 24
language: en
---

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# Best Headless CMS for React in 2024

**[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 15 min read · 167 upvotes · 24 comments

## Summary

A headless CMS is a backend-only CMS that allows developers to use their tools and frameworks to create a user interface. React remains a cornerstone for building dynamic and scalable applications. Here are the top headless CMS options for React: Sanity.io, Storyblok, Contentful, Strapi, Prismic, Ghost, Kentico Kontent, Hygraph (formerly GraphCMS), ButterCMS, Directus, and Payload CMS.

## Full article

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@bharadwajswamy** · 4 upvotes

> I tried Hygraph for couple of Next JS projects which I worked I find it easy and good.

**@evane89** · 2 upvotes

> Directus is by far my go to choice for small / medium / large projects. It's free, easy to use and a good DX.

**@h2onock** · 2 upvotes

> I'd love to see CraftCMS in this list and compared with the others. Personally, I love it, and I know others do too.

**@cole** · 1 upvotes

> I really like using Pocketbase or Sanity. Sanity is probably best for super rich content. Pocketbase is simple to deploy and pretty easy.
>
> - Sanity for a large content heavy project: [https://www.soleretriever.com/news](https://www.soleretriever.com/news)
> - Pocketbase for a tiny project: [https://running.supply/](https://running.supply/)

**@thuancoffee** · 1 upvotes

> thanks for sharing, it's great

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