KeystoneJS: The superpowered Node.js Headless CMS for developers

Design your schema

Rapidly spec your backend with all the primitive and advanced field types you need.

Add logic, access control, and custom queries & mutations to create an API that's unique to your app.

• 100% TypeScript (or JavaScript)
• Fits your git-based workflow & CI
• Automatic db migrations with Prisma

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import { list } from '@keystone-6/core';
import { document, text, timestamp, password, relationship } from '@keystone-6/core/fields';
export const lists = {
  Post: list({
    fields: {
      title: text({ validation: { isRequired: true } }),
      content: document(),
      publishDate: timestamp(),
      author: relationship({ ref: 'Author.posts', many: false }),
    },
  }),
  Author: list({
    fields: {
      name: text({ validation: { isRequired: true } }),
      email: text({ isIndexed: 'unique', validation: { isRequired: true } }),
      password: password(),
      posts: relationship({ ref: 'Post.author', many: true }),
    },
  }),
};

Customise your content story

A flexible and intuitive editing environment that does what your schema says: Keystone’s Admin UI understands your access control, so you can shape it to your unique needs.

• Powerful access control
• Next-gen rich text WYSIWYG
• BYO custom React components

Query your data

Get what you need, fast. Keystone's GraphQL API gives you session management, access control, pagination, sorting, and filtering out of the box. Customise it without losing the bits that work for you.

• Powerful CRUD scaffolding
• Evolve with bespoke logic for your app
• Integrate microservices & external APIs

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{
  posts(take: 2, where: {
    title: { contains: "content" }
  }) {
    title
    author {
      name
    }
  }
}

{
  "data": {
    "posts": [
      {
        "title": "How structured content gives you superpowers",
        "author": {
          "name": "Tim"
        }
      },
      {
        "title": "Content Management for the Design System generation",
        "author": {
          "name": "Lauren"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Deploy anywhere

Keystone is open source. Deploy it to managed services like Digital Ocean, Heroku, and Render, or your own custom infrastructure.

The source of truth is your codebase, so Keystone fits naturally into your git-based development workflow, and you can use all the CI & Automation tooling you already know.