Directus VS nextjs-custom-server

Directus is an open data platform built to serve as a headless CMS, API, or Backend-as-a-Service (BaaS) for other applications. It is designed to make data accessible to people of all technical levels and to make it easy to build data-centric applications. Directus is extensible and can be integrated with many different frontend technologies to create stable, well-structured development and user experiences.

As of April 2024, Directus' GitHub repository has accumulated 25.2k stars and 3.5k forks, showcasing its active community. The project has secured $8+ million in funding, further fueling its growth and development.

I don't know, it's something I've wanted many times.

Recently I discovered https://directus.io/ which comes pretty close and it's open source.

Directus: The Shape-Shifting Maverick

The Backend to Build Anything or Everything | Directus

today I discovered https://directus.io/

You could try https://www.airtable.com/ (check the prices) or https://directus.io/ (check the prices) or hire someone :)

I using Directus CMS on several projects with pretty complicated flows, api extensions etc. probably there will be some work if you move. I liked Directus is because it's standard SQL I can always move my DB and documents to another solution. I don't use their hosted solution but they have an unlimited offering for $100 / month.

Have you looked at Directus? I’m not sure exactly what your needs are (sorry if I’ve misunderstood). I used it for my most recent project as the backend for data entry/queries/administration. It supports MySQL, but admins don’t need to know anything about SQL to do complex queries/filters/CSV exports from the Directus UI.

With MongoDB out of the way, first, create a new repository using a template at payloadcms/nextjs-custom-server, and clone that to your local machine. Unlike forking, creating a new repository from a template resets the commit history and disassociate it from an original template repository.

For example this repo says you can install with npm install and you will end up with both.

Next.js works great with Payload. One cool feature of Payload is the Local API, which works awesome for server side rendered pages. You get your data from Payload right in your `getServerSideProps` functions.

You'd be interested in the example repo: https://github.com/payloadcms/nextjs-custom-server

The example is set up to manage Pages, but with a few tweaks you'd be able to manage blogs posts instead.

I recommend Payload CMS for simple sites and complex apps alike. Check out the next.js starter we have up to get server side rendering for a boilerplate website. https://github.com/payloadcms/nextjs-custom-server

Check out payloadcms.com. We just created a new NextJS boilerplate if that is the direction you want to take for the frontend https://github.com/payloadcms/nextjs-custom-server.

We just added a boilerplate that gives you a nice next.js starting point too so you can do get a frontend fast also! https://github.com/payloadcms/nextjs-custom-server