Glossary
What is a headless CMS?
A headless CMS is a content system decoupled from the website itself. Your text, images and pages live in a separate, editor-friendly environment and are delivered to the site through an API. The benefit: editors work in a visual preview, developers keep full control over design and performance, and the same content can later feed an app, kiosk or AI assistant. The points below are illustrative; the actual setup differs per organisation.
- Separate editing environment — content is managed outside the code, with no risk of breaking the design
- Realtime visual preview — editors see exactly how a page looks before publishing
- API-first delivery — the same content powers website, app or AI assistant
- Roles and workflow — drafts, revisions and approval per editor or team
- Multilingual content — translations managed side by side in one structure
- No vendor lock-in — your content model and exports stay yours, independent of the vendor
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