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johannschopplich/kirby-headless
===============================

API-first toolkit for Kirby CMS

6.0.1(3mo ago)4414.1k—6.7%6MITPHP

Since Dec 28Pushed 2mo ago3 watchersCompare

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[![Kirby Headless Preview](./.github/kirby-headless.png)](./.github/kirby-headless.png)

Kirby Headless
==============

[](#kirby-headless)

This plugin is designed for developers who want to use Kirby's backend to serve content to a frontend application, static site generator, or mobile application. You can either add headless functionality to your existing Kirby site, or use this plugin to build a headless-first CMS from scratch.

Note

Check out to the [Kirby Headless Starter](https://github.com/johannschopplich/kirby-headless-starter) repository for a ready-to-use headless-only setup!

Key Features
------------

[](#key-features)

- 🧩 Optional bearer token authentication for [KQL](https://kirby.tools/docs/headless/usage/kql) and custom API endpoints
- 🧱 Resolve fields in blocks: [UUIDs to file and page objects](https://kirby.tools/docs/headless/usage/field-methods) or [any other field](https://kirby.tools/docs/headless/usage/field-methods)
- ⚡️ Cached KQL queries
- 🌐 Multi-language support for KQL queries
- 🍢 Express-esque [API builder](https://kirby.tools/docs/headless/advanced/api-builder) with middleware support
- 🗂 Return [JSON from templates](https://kirby.tools/docs/headless/usage/json-templates) instead of HTML

Compatibility
=============

[](#compatibility)

The current version of Kirby Headless is compatible with Kirby 4 and 5.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Tip

[📖 Read the documentation](https://kirby.tools/docs/headless/getting-started/installation)

### Composer

[](#composer)

The recommended way to install the plugin is via Composer. To install the plugin, run the following command in your terminal:

```
composer require johannschopplich/kirby-headless
```

### Download

[](#download)

Head over to the [releases page](https://github.com/johannschopplich/kirby-headless/releases) and download the latest version of the plugin as a ZIP file. Extract the contents of this ZIP file to your `site/plugins` folder. It should look like this:

```
site/plugins/
├─ kirby-headless/
│  └─ … Plugin files

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Tip

[📖 Read the documentation](https://kirby.tools/docs/headless/usage/kql)

License
-------

[](#license)

[MIT](./LICENSE) License © 2022-PRESENT [Johann Schopplich](https://github.com/johannschopplich)

###  Health Score

52

—

FairBetter than 96% of packages

Maintenance82

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity38

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 99% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~15 days

Recently: every ~59 days

Total

74

Last Release

117d ago

Major Versions

1.7.1 → 2.0.02023-09-28

2.3.7 → 3.0.02024-02-12

3.3.0 → 4.0.02024-08-08

4.0.2 → 5.0.02025-05-27

5.0.3 → 6.0.02025-12-08

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b9be5bf8dd3a36f63c00f92a115f1109567745fb3b068617341ffc8a90755d6c?d=identicon)[johannschopplich](/maintainers/johannschopplich)

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Top Contributors

[![johannschopplich](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/27850750?v=4)](https://github.com/johannschopplich "johannschopplich (208 commits)")[![AlexHupe](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6893843?v=4)](https://github.com/AlexHupe "AlexHupe (1 commits)")[![bnomei](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3265642?v=4)](https://github.com/bnomei "bnomei (1 commits)")

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Tags

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