Writing and content
Letterdrop alternatives
2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.
The projects
strapi/strapi★72,815 GitHub starslicence unclearHeadless CMS with rich editor, Postgres support, file providers (S3), plugins and extensible publish workflows.Open on GitHub ↗payloadcms/payload★44,036 GitHub starsMIT licenceFullstack TypeScript headless CMS with admin UI, Postgres compatibility, file storage and extensible background hooks.Open on GitHub ↗
What you give up either way
- Polished multi-channel native integrations and breadth of supported platforms
- Proprietary analytics/attribution features and enterprise reporting
- Customer support, onboarding, and enablement content
- Polish, UX refinements, and QA across many edge cases
An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Letterdrop, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.