It's like a self-hosted Firebase or hasura for SQL databases. It can also serve as a backend app to manage your data. A javascript sdk can be used in React, Vue, Svelte, etc. Also offers a GraphQL and REST API. Flexible permissions with roles and fully ReBAC-capable authorization. Use your existing LDAP, OpenID or OAuth2 provider or use Directus Auth, which offers 2FA and sends password reset emails etc.

Configure no code endpoints with Directus Flows or write custom extensions for GUI fields, endpoints or panels in typescript, Vue (frontend) and ExpressJS. Improve developer experience and handle DB migrations with Directus. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

You can do everything with Directus. While you can use anything for authN (google auth, apple, keycloak, LDAP), authZ and permissions could be improved. The feature set is sufficient for blogs or most applications. You can even use it as a backbone for your SaaS. But it's cumbersome to build applications that allow users to grant privileges and create roles themselves because you can only use relation-based access control.

It's not yet possible to subscribe to data changes (the SDK polls at regular intervals) as of October 2022. However, it's promised to arrive later this year. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It all started with the ease of "just quickly set up a project" for small projects or internal data. In a short time, we discovered that so much more was possible! We can actually replace a lot of our Laravel/Nova projects without writing additional extensions. If we do need to write custom logic then that is also super easy to do!

Since the last update, Directus has workflow support which has opened up a whole new world for us and we now have to write even less custom logic Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There's nothing I don't really like about Directus. If something could improve this even further it would be support for multiple roles per user and maybe a sort of ou-of-the-box tenancy support but that would be very custom to our use cases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

API that gives REST and GraphQL.

Built-in Frontend that works as Admin UI as well as Product App.

Very Highly Extensible.

90% configuration and only 10% code.

Increases velocity and lets the team focus on business logic.

Bring your own brand customization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Documentation is appalling but open source helps reverse engineer that.

Things like multi-project, multi-database, WebSockets, GraphQL subscriptions are missing.

Some minor lack of configuration on the front end platform Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Powerful tool offering a lot of flexibility. The back office is very intuitive.

It is possible to do many things with Directus.

The tool can be used in open source and very customizable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing displeases us in Directus. The axis of improvement can be oriented for the use that e-merchants can have with the tool. For us is the best Headless Content Managment System Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The more flexible tool I've ever tried. I used other Headless CMS, and I can say Directus is the only one that takes content management to another level. Extremely friendly and modern for the users and with the database mirroring and the different ways make the information accessible, it is the most potent tool for any development approach. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't dislike anything, but I could say the latest version is very new, still in progress for a stable release, and it is possible to find some minor issues. I've been looking at the project, and they are working hard to have a stable version in late 2021. The documentation is good, but maybe it would be good to have more practical cases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to use, reliable and endless possibilities of customization Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing, we have been using Directus for the last 16 months and we are having a great experience Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Directus is a flexible, easy-to-use product that has everything to fuel projects of any type and complexity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some features are missing. But the road map is rich and we look forward for future developments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to use yet extensible, simple UI but robust features/abilities, and quick implementation! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There have been significant strides in the developer documentation and experience, but there is still room for growth! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Directus has been very responsive throughout our engagement and was very accomodating to get us set up and going on an enterprise instance quickly. The product itself has met or exceeded our expectations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I've yet to run into any issues with the product or the team! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The team behind Directus updates the software at a very fast pace, they are quick to respond to bugs or queries as well.

Version 9 of the CMS was a game-changer when it came to performance.

CMS itself is very extendable.

Currently the best CMS in the open-source stack. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing, in particular, lacks a few key features which I think would be added somewhere in the future; e.g.

- Module to bring in data from a product makes it difficult to switch to Directus for any existing project

- Integrations support via plugins/addons. Marketplace to support integrations.

- Improved internalization support for the products created within the CMS

- One central installation on a server to manage multiple apps Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.