About the Lab
TYPO3 as frontend, three modern headless backends.
History
Started as internal hackathon, grew into a comparison lab. Status 2026: three backends, one frontend.
3-column overview
Introduction
This lab shows how TYPO3 as a pure frontend connects to three different headless CMS: Directus, Strapi, Payload. A unified connector swaps the data source live.
Approach
Schema-first: data model before UI. Live preview in every language.
- Structured blocks instead of HTML blobs
- Reusable components
- Containers for layout
History
Started as internal hackathon, grew into a comparison lab. Status 2026: three backends, one frontend.
Our Mission
Maintain content once, deploy everywhere — Web, App, Kiosk, Print.
Editor comfort like TYPO3, architecture like Stripe.