![Squidex Logo](media/logo-wide.png "Squidex")

# What is Squidex?

Squidex is an open source headless CMS and content management hub. In contrast to an traditional CMS Squidex provides a rich API with OData filter support and Swagger Definitions. It is up to you to build you UI on top of it. It can be website, a native App or just another server. 
We built it on top of ASP.NET Core and CQRS and is tested for Windows and Linux on modern Browsers.

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Read the docs on [https://docs.squidex.io/](https://docs.squidex.io/) (work in progress) or just check out the code and play around.

## Prerequisites

* [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/) or [Visual Studio 2017](https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/visual-studio-2017-rc/)
* [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/)
* [.NET Core SDK](https://www.microsoft.com/net/download/core#/current) (Already part of Visual Studio 2017)
* [MongoDB](https://www.mongodb.com/)
* [Redis](https://redis.io/download) (If you want to run Squidex on multiple hosts)

## Contributors

* [Qaisar Ahmad](http://www.qaisarahmad.com/) Interaction Designer, Pakistan
* [Sebastian Stehle](https://github.com/SebastianStehle) Software Engineer, German (currently Sweden)

## Contributing

Please create issues to report bugs, suggest new functionalities, ask questions or just share your thoughts about the project. We will really appreciate your contribution, thanks.

## Cloud Version

Although Squidex is free we are also working on a Saas version on [Https://cloud.squidex.io](https://cloud.squidex.io) (More information coming soon). We have also have plans to sell a premium version with first class support and some exlusive features. But don't be afraid, our first priority is to deliver a state of the art, stable, fast and free content management hub to make the life for all developers a little bit easier.