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Node.js CMS

Sanity is an open-source API-based Headless CMS for Node.js. Use Sanity to build the fastest, most flexible CMS for delivering content to digital devices and products.

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Node.js Content Management System

To get started in minutes, try Sanity a blog or portfolio template made with Gatsby. The starters comes with a fully configured Sanity Studio and a best practice react cms frontend framework.

If you would like to build a CMS from scratch, you can get started by installing the CLI tooling:

npm create sanity@latest

As far as headless CMSes go, Sanity seems to be leaps and bounds beyond anything else I have seen.

Michael Elsdörfer

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Voted #1 by developers

In the 2022 JAMStack Community Survey, Sanity has the highest satisfaction score for content platforms.

It's the fastest, most flexible way to structure and deliver content to digital products.

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The best editor interface

With Sanity Studio you can build content infrastructure that provides immediate value while providing a clean and intuitive interface for your editors and developers as needs evolve. The editing interface offers rapid configuration and free form customization. Sanity Studio is also responsive and can be used from your phone whenever you need to change content.

Powerful API and query languages

Sanity offers the most powerful and flexible APIs of any of the CMSes, with both GraphQL and GROQ for querying your documents. Not only are the APIs excellent for reading, writing, and patching, they let you do so in low-latency real-time. You don’t need to worry about document locking and race conditions.

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Generous quota included. Pay-as-you-go for users, usage and features on all plans.

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Great resources to get started with Sanity + Node.js

  • Use the JavaScript client to interact with your data from a backend
  • Learn how to migrate data using Node.js script
  • Guide for how to import content using Node.js

Benefits when building a CMS integrated with Node.js

  • Improved developer experience (DX)
  • Open-source studio, fully customisable
  • Ability to respond quickly to editors’ needs
  • Content can be authored once and reused across channels.
  • Content be enhanced through third-party APIs
  • Make use of Hotspot for images
  • Global CDN
  • Easily mix rich text and data objects
  • Shorten innovation cycles
  • Enable real-time integration

No maintenance or overhead costs

You don’t need to know how to manage database clusters or scale global infrastructures to work properly with structured content. We take care of it for you and offer a fully managed, reliable & compliant, cloud-hosted database for your content.

Build a Node.js website in minutes

Get up and running in less than 5 minutes with one of Sanity's Node.js templates.

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A Sanity-powered blog with built-in content editing and instant previews.

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A Sanity-powered personal website with built-in content editing and instant previews.

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Last updated February 9, 2023

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