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KeystoneJS vs Structr: What are the differences?
Developers describe KeystoneJS as "Node.js CMS and web application platform built on Express and MongoDB". Keystone is the easiest way to build database-driven websites, applications and APIs in Node.js. On the other hand, Structr is detailed as "Award-winning Open-Source Data CMS based on Neo4j". Structr (pronounce it like 'structure') is a Java framework for mobile and web applications based on the graph database Neo4j. It was designed to simplify the creation of complex graph database applications by providing a comprehensive Java API and a set of features common to most use cases. This enables developers to build a sophisticated web or mobile app based on Neo4j within hours.
KeystoneJS and Structr can be primarily classified as "Self-Hosted Blogging / CMS" tools.
Some of the features offered by KeystoneJS are:
- Express.js and MongoDB
- Dynamic Routes
- Database Fields
On the other hand, Structr provides the following key features:
- Security and Access Control
- Data modeling without programming
- Graph-based Page Rendering Engine
KeystoneJS and Structr are both open source tools. KeystoneJS with 14.6K GitHub stars and 2.35K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Structr with 555 GitHub stars and 129 GitHub forks.
Pros of KeystoneJS
- Out-of-box tools and basic services7
- Large community3
- Great schema-based auto-generated admin interface2
- Great CMS and API platform2
- Great sandbox to play with nodejs2
- Great integrations1
- A great MEAN stack1
- Detail documentations and tutorials1
- Free1
- Rapid development1
- Open source1
- "easy setup", "uses mongodb"1
- Fast on V81
- Similar to wordpress1
- Fast growing community cms framework1
- Great culture1