Kontent

Kontent is a cloud-based headless content management system originally developed by Kentico Software and marketed as Kontent. It provides a platform for creating, organizing, and delivering content across multiple channels by separating content storage from presentation, allowing content to be exposed through APIs to websites, apps, and other digital experiences.

Key features include:

- Content modeling: define content types and fields with validation rules to ensure consistent data across channels.

- Editorial workflow: role-based permissions, publishing queues, and review/approval processes.

- Localization: multi-language content support, localization workflows, and locale-specific assets.

- Delivery and management APIs: Delivery API for retrieving published content, Management API for authoring and versioning, webhooks for integrations, and preview capabilities.

- Asset management: centralized media library with metadata and basic image handling.

- Integrations and delivery: SDKs and connectors for front-end frameworks, static site generators, and third-party services.

- Security and governance: enterprise-grade authentication, audit trails, and compliance options.

Architecture and usage: Kontent operates as a cloud-hosted, decoupled system where content is stored as structured data in the backend and delivered to front-ends via RESTful APIs. It supports multi-environment development, content versioning, and CDN-based delivery to ensure scalable performance for multi-channel publishing.

History and market position: Kontent originated within Kentico Software and has evolved into a standalone headless CMS widely used by enterprises and developers to manage content for websites, mobile apps, and other digital experiences. It competes with other headless CMS platforms such as Contentful, Strapi, and Sanity, with particular emphasis on editorial workflows and structured content management.