KeystoneJS VS Directus

Keystone 6: The GraphQL Behemoth

Also, there are lots of exciting web frameworks that use Prisma as their default ORM layer (like RedwoodJS which is built by the founder of GitHub, Amplication which recently raised $6.6M in seed funding, Wasp (YC W21) or KeystoneJS) which should give you some more validation that Prisma is being used in a lot production applications :)

KeystoneJS https://keystonejs.com

https://keystonejs.com/ is a nice smaller alternative.

Keystone.js is a content management system and framework for creating server-side applications that interact with a database. It is based on the Express platform for Node.js and uses MongoDB for data storage. It is an alternative to CMS for web developers who want to create a data-driven website, but do not want to move to the PHP platform or too large systems such as WordPress.

I have a website I've built in nextjs frontend using keystonejs as a cms written in node.

I have a working graphql server written in Keystone CMS and hosted on Heroku.

The most ok alternative would probably be something like Keystone.

All that said, some good options that I’ve liked are: - Keystone CMS (built off of Next.js and Prisma - https://keystonejs.com/) - Supabase (Firebase alternative https://supabase.com/)

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

Along those lines, I’ve been happy with Directus as a backend for my little blog.

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.

It depends on your skillsets, but I'd highly recommend https://directus.io/ especially if you need "slickness" to raise money otherwise try a pyhat stack if you hate javascript.

The admin is extremely unacceptable for anything beyond trivial borderline trivial use cases, and the modifications you'd have to make are just awful especially the more interactive something needs to be. The extremely tight integration between models and the modeladmin is a blessing and curse.

The people who like Django,also tend to overload it to do everything. This makes sense at small companies. The only place I really see Django at large companies is as an api using DRF or something.

For internal admins, I've been lobbying to use https://directus.io/ at my company.

I initially looked into CMS's like Strapi and Directus to possibly handle my admin UI + API all at once. I haven't found anything that looks like it can do this yet, but I'd be very happy to be proven wrong. I would prefer it to be based in .NET or Node.js since I am more familiar with those, but there's no reason I couldn't do PHP either.