How about going Headless (CMS)?

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/juststart

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  • SurveyJS - Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App
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  • webiny-js

    Open-source serverless enterprise CMS. Includes a headless CMS, page builder, form builder, and file manager. Easy to customize and expand. Deploys to AWS.

  • Ghost for tiny blogs that only need pages and posts, and don't need any other customization around content types or fields, Strapi for teams that have the time to continually maintain projects, and the budget to keep applications running continually, and Webiny for everything, since it's really customizable and easy for writers to create and modify content types. There are others, but these are the ones I have the most experience with.

  • Strapi

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

  • Ghost for tiny blogs that only need pages and posts, and don't need any other customization around content types or fields, Strapi for teams that have the time to continually maintain projects, and the budget to keep applications running continually, and Webiny for everything, since it's really customizable and easy for writers to create and modify content types. There are others, but these are the ones I have the most experience with.

  • 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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  • Ghost

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

  • Ghost for tiny blogs that only need pages and posts, and don't need any other customization around content types or fields, Strapi for teams that have the time to continually maintain projects, and the budget to keep applications running continually, and Webiny for everything, since it's really customizable and easy for writers to create and modify content types. There are others, but these are the ones I have the most experience with.

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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