What should I use to build my new project?

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on dev.to

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  • Strapi

    πŸš€ Strapi is the leading open-source headless CMS. It’s 100% JavaScript/TypeScript, fully customizable and developer-first.

  • As I mentioned, the choices are very broad with monoliths. From straight-up CMS forms like Keystone, Ghost (which has a focus on building an audience and membership), Strapi, Payload and Apostrophe to full-blown frameworks such as -Express, Meteor (hi Scott), Nest or Blitz.

  • redwood

    The App Framework for Startups

  • Otherwise if you want a framework to build on, there's Redwood (which works particularly well on Netlify and Vercel) or Webiny (for AWS, Azure and others).

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

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  • payload

    The best way to build a modern backend + admin UI. No black magic, all TypeScript, and fully open-source, Payload is both an app framework and a headless CMS.

  • As I mentioned, the choices are very broad with monoliths. From straight-up CMS forms like Keystone, Ghost (which has a focus on building an audience and membership), Strapi, Payload and Apostrophe to full-blown frameworks such as -Express, Meteor (hi Scott), Nest or Blitz.

  • Nuxt.js

    Discontinued Nuxt is an intuitive and extendable way to create type-safe, performant and production-grade full-stack web apps and websites with Vue 3. [Moved to: https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt]

  • In the Vue world, there are plenty of choices, from the more low-level Nuxt, to Gridsome, which has a plugin ecosystem and build-time GraphQL API.

  • Next.js

    The React Framework

  • Similarly, Gatsby or NextJS are React frameworks. Gatsby has a large plugin ecosystem and GraphQL build-time API, whereas NextJS has a more low-level approach, you source data yourself, and plugins are scarce and likely not officially supported.

  • Nest

    A progressive Node.js framework for building efficient, scalable, and enterprise-grade server-side applications with TypeScript/JavaScript πŸš€

  • As I mentioned, the choices are very broad with monoliths. From straight-up CMS forms like Keystone, Ghost (which has a focus on building an audience and membership), Strapi, Payload and Apostrophe to full-blown frameworks such as -Express, Meteor (hi Scott), Nest or Blitz.

  • SvelteKit

    web development, streamlined (by sveltejs)

  • If you're focus is performance, and you need client-side routing, check out SvelteKit. Rather than shipping your framework to the frontend, SvelteKit compiles to pure JavaScript. But it still hydrates all of what you can see on your screen, meaning it's not as performant as Astro can be.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • KeystoneJS

    The most powerful headless CMS for Node.js β€” built with GraphQL and React

  • As I mentioned, the choices are very broad with monoliths. From straight-up CMS forms like Keystone, Ghost (which has a focus on building an audience and membership), Strapi, Payload and Apostrophe to full-blown frameworks such as -Express, Meteor (hi Scott), Nest or Blitz.

  • Gridsome

    ⚑️ The Jamstack framework for Vue.js

  • In the Vue world, there are plenty of choices, from the more low-level Nuxt, to Gridsome, which has a plugin ecosystem and build-time GraphQL API.

  • Ghost

    Independent technology for modern publishing, memberships, subscriptions and newsletters.

  • As I mentioned, the choices are very broad with monoliths. From straight-up CMS forms like Keystone, Ghost (which has a focus on building an audience and membership), Strapi, Payload and Apostrophe to full-blown frameworks such as -Express, Meteor (hi Scott), Nest or Blitz.

  • Express

    Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for node.

  • As I mentioned, the choices are very broad with monoliths. From straight-up CMS forms like Keystone, Ghost (which has a focus on building an audience and membership), Strapi, Payload and Apostrophe to full-blown frameworks such as -Express, Meteor (hi Scott), Nest or Blitz.

  • astro

    The web framework for content-driven websites. ⭐️ Star to support our work!

  • Astro, a newcomer on the scene, does client-side routing via it's Collections API, other than that it's HTML all the way baby. I'm particularly fond of Astro because you can use whatever frontend framework you want.

  • ApostropheCMS

    A full-featured, open-source content management framework built with Node.js that empowers organizations by combining in-context editing and headless architecture in a full-stack JS environment.

  • As I mentioned, the choices are very broad with monoliths. From straight-up CMS forms like Keystone, Ghost (which has a focus on building an audience and membership), Strapi, Payload and Apostrophe to full-blown frameworks such as -Express, Meteor (hi Scott), Nest or Blitz.

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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