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d9 vs Squidex: catalog facts
d9Squidex
Free

Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.

Free

Open source under the MIT licence; a hosted version offers free signup.

Web, Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Drop-in replacement for Directus 9 with the same schema
  • Supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, Oracle, CockroachDB, MariaDB and MS-SQL
  • REST and GraphQL APIs
  • Full content version history and audit logs
  • Based on the older Directus 9 codebase rather than current Directus
  • Smaller maintainer team than the original project
  • Headless, so a separate front end is required
  • Documentation is described as a work in progress
Self-hosted Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source Open source
License: GPL-3.0 License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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