Contro

Open-source headless CMS framework built with Django. This repository is a work in progress that targets feature parity with Strapi: dynamic content types, auto-generated REST/GraphQL APIs, media library, RBAC, i18n, plugins, draft/publish, webhooks, and API tokens.

Quick start (local)

1. Create a virtual environment and install dependencies:

python -m venv .venv
./.venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Configure environment variables (PostgreSQL is the default database):

cp .env.example .env

3. Run migrations and start the server:

./.venv/bin/python manage.py migrate
./.venv/bin/python manage.py runserver

Environment variables

• DATABASE_URL (default: sqlite:///db.sqlite3)
• SECRET_KEY
• DEBUG
• ALLOWED_HOSTS
• CORS_ALLOW_ALL_ORIGINS

Project structure

• contro/ Django project configuration
• contro/apps/ Modular apps for core, content, media, IAM, API, and GraphQL
• manage.py Django management entrypoint