What is Strapi?

Created in 2015, Strapi has rapidly evolved to become a benchmark in the headless CMS ecosystem. Initially published as open source on GitHub, the project has seen notable growth.

Today, Strapi has 83 employees working all over the world, confirming its global ambition and adaptation to modern workflows.

Technical features

Strapi is based on a robust technological architecture designed to be modular, extensible and scalable. It is built on Koa.js, a minimalist, high-performance Node.js framework, and relies heavily on TypeScript, improving code maintainability and type management for developers. It can interface with the following databases:

• PostgreSQL
• MySQL
• mariaDB
• SQLite

The CMS can be deployed on-premises or on a variety of cloud infrastructures, enabling companies to choose the hosting mode best suited to their needs in terms of security and performance management.

Case studies at Arneo_

Knowledge base

At Arneo, we used Strapi to build an information exchange platform for medical professionals and an internal knowledge base. Based on these guidelines, we structured the content around 3 content entities:

• Company: structuring of companies and organizations collaborating on the platform.
• Disease: database of pathologies and associated repositories.
• Project: monitoring and documentation of ongoing medical initiatives.

The platform distinguishes between 2 types of user:

• Internal users (staff who manage the platform)
• Customer users (clients of the platform). The business complexity of the platform lay in the fact that we had to authorize customer users (who are attached to a Company) to access only certain projects. Strapi's RBAC functionality enabled us to implement this business requirement. On the other hand, Strapi's flexibility in creating custom fields enabled us to iterate rapidly on rich content additions (videos, documents, search papers) to enrich Project and Disease entities, at the customer's request.

Product catalog

We also used Strapi to build a product catalog for a well-known manufacturer of audio equipment. We had to integrate product sheets with a lot of fields and manage a lot of options on each of these product sheets. Strapi's content creation system enabled us to easily create all these fields. Strapi was particularly adept at composing dynamic zones, which enabled us to create flexible components tailored to the customer's needs.

The ease with which the fields could be created enabled us to quickly integrate customer requirements, so as to be reactive to requests. Strapi's agility is enhanced by the fact that implementations and corrections can be tested both internally and by the customer very quickly.

Conclusion

Today, Strapi is a must-have solution for companies and developers looking for a powerful, scalable and high-performance headless CMS. Its flexible architecture, robust API and extensive functionality make it a wise choice for a wide range of projects, from MVP to large-scale solutions.

Strapi is an essential building block in the headless movement, enabling integration with existing applications without high initial implementation costs.

Whether you're a start-up looking to quickly experiment with a business need, or an enterprise in need of a robust content management platform, Strapi offers a modern, agile alternative to traditional CMS. Its continuous evolution and growing adoption make it a key technology in the world of web development.