# Create Your Own Headless CMS
Building your own CMS gives you complete control over your content workflow. In this tutorial, we'll create a headless CMS with all the features you need for a modern blog or documentation site.
## What We're Building
A fully-featured headless CMS with:
- Markdown content editor
- User authentication
- RESTful API
- Image uploads
- Draft/publish workflow
## Getting Started
First, let's set up our development environment...
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Create Your Own Headless CMS
Build a custom headless CMS with markdown support, authentication, and a REST API.
February 20, 202460 min read
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