What is Directus? The Headless CMS That Sits On Your Own Database (opens in new tab)

🎬 This article is a companion to my YouTube video. Watch it here: Introduction Before we get into setting up Coolify, I want to make sure you understand the tools we will be deploying. In this video we are going to talk about Directus — what it is, what it does, and why I chose it as the backbone of my back-end stack. What is Directus? Directus is a free, open-source, headless CMS and data platform. But before we go any further, let me explain what headless CMS means. A traditional CMS — like...