Headless development guidelines
Magnolia, as a headless CMS, is as powerful for developers as it’s intuitive for content authors.
This section helps front-end developers implement Magnolia in a decoupled setup using modern JavaScript frameworks like React, Angular, Vue, Next.js, Angular SSR, and Nuxt.
Why choose headless?
You’re likely choosing a headless approach for:
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A fast, flexible, framework-agnostic front-end 
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Clean separation of concerns 
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Maintainability and performance 
Magnolia enhances this with:
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Visual SPA Editor: A WYSIWYG page editor for structured content in SPAs 
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Content apps: Form-based content management 
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Hierarchical content: Built-in tree structures 
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Deep integration capabilities: With IUX and connectors to external systems