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Built on Java and Spring, CrafterCMS integrates natively with modern AI technologies—including Spring AI, OpenSearch vector database, and CrafterQ AI agents—to power intelligent, governed, and brand-safe content experiences. Its true headless design delivers clean APIs for React, Next.js, Vue, Angular, mobile apps, and conversational AI interfaces, without locking teams into proprietary front-end stacks. CrafterCMS treats content as code. With a Git-based content repository, XML content models, Groovy scripting, and FreeMarker templating, it enables modern DevContentOps workflows and makes content, configuration, and UI artifacts fully accessible to AI coding tools such as Github Copilot, Cursor and Claude Code. Developers gain full control and extensibility, while content teams benefit from visual authoring, omnichannel delivery, and AI-assisted productivity without sacrificing governance or accuracy. Enterprises can deploy CrafterCMS to match their operational and security requirements, with options including self-hosted/self-managed with enterprise support, fully managed private SaaS, and community-supported open source. Learn more at craftercms.com. 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