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KeystoneJS vs d9: catalog facts
KeystoneJSd9
Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence.

Free

Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.

Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • GraphQL API and admin UI generated from a schema
  • Fine-grained access control
  • Drop-in replacement for Directus 9 with the same schema
  • Supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, Oracle, CockroachDB, MariaDB and MS-SQL
  • Requires writing code; not a point-and-click site builder
  • Headless, so you build the front end yourself
  • Based on the older Directus 9 codebase rather than current Directus
  • Smaller maintainer team than the original project
Self-hosted Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: MIT License: GPL-3.0
No account 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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