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Introduction

Jambo is an open-source headless CMS built with Symfony 8 and PHP 8.4. It exposes your content through a REST API and a GraphQL endpoint, with built-in AI tools to help you design schemas, generate content, and translate entries automatically.

Key features

  • REST & GraphQL APIs — auto-generated from your collections, with filtering, pagination, and multi-locale support
  • AI Studio — chat-based schema builder powered by any LLM (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, DeepSeek, Ollama)
  • AI Agent — bulk operations: create collections, generate entries, upload images in one prompt
  • Multi-locale — per-entry locale management with translation tools
  • MCP Server — expose your project as an MCP server for AI agents
  • Media library — file upload, image transformations, S3-compatible storage
  • Roles & permissions — granular access control for teams and API clients
  • Webhooks — push notifications on content events
  • End-user auth — built-in JWT authentication for your end-users (registration, login, profile)

Architecture

Your frontend / mobile app
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REST API  /api/{projectId}/{collection}
GraphQL   /api/projects/{projectId}/graphql
Files     /api/{projectId}/files
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   Jambo CMS (Symfony + PHP 8.4)
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Database (MySQL / PostgreSQL / SQLite)

Jambo is headless — it only serves data as JSON. Your frontend can be any framework: Next.js, Nuxt, Astro, mobile apps, or even a static site generator.

Quick start

  1. Install Jambo on your server or locally
  2. Create a project and your first collection via the admin UI
  3. Fetch your content from the API:
Terminal window
curl https://your-domain.com/api/{project-uuid}/posts

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