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description: Directus' Data Studio and APIs are the perfect choice for your Headless CMS.
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# Headless CMS

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A Headless CMS provides a way of managing content for websites, mobile apps, and other digital applications. It
separates the content from the presentation layer, allowing developers to create the frontend of a website or app with
whatever technology they choose. With a Headless CMS, content can be created and managed in one place, and allows any
number of applications built upon that data.

Learn more about [Headless CMS Concepts](/use-cases/headless-cms/concepts).

## Features

- Easy to use [Data Studio app](/app/overview) for content managers and non-technical users.
- Distribute your content anywhere with instant [REST and GraphQL APIs](/reference/introduction).
- Manage all your [images, media, files, and assets](/app/file-library).
- [Image transformations](/reference/files#requesting-a-thumbnail) to keep your website fast AND your art direction
  intact.
- Quickly [build dashboards](/app/insights) that help your team make better decisions.
- Create powerful, automated [content approval and publishing workflows](/guides/headless-cms/approval-workflows)
  without writing any code.

## Guides & Tutorials

### Learn Directus

- [Create Re-Usable Page Components](/guides/headless-cms/reusable-components)
- [Build Approval Workflows](/guides/headless-cms/approval-workflows)
- [Schedule Future Content For Dynamic Sites](/guides/headless-cms/schedule-content/dynamic-sites)
- [Schedule Future Content For Static Sites](/guides/headless-cms/schedule-content/static-sites)

### Build Your Project

- [Build a Website with Directus and Next.js](/guides/headless-cms/build-static-website/next-13)
- [Build a Website with Directus and Nuxt.js](/guides/headless-cms/build-static-website/nuxt-3)

### Deployment & Best Practice

- [Trigger a Static Site Build with Netlify](/guides/headless-cms/trigger-static-builds/netlify)
- [Trigger a Static Site Build with Vercel](/guides/headless-cms/trigger-static-builds/vercel)