Wix Headless lets you build a custom frontend on any stack you choose and power it with production-ready Wix business APIs. You get built-in compliance (SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR) and a full management dashboard out of the box.
Explore what you can build and create your first project from the Wix Headless homepage.
Not a developer? You can still get started with Wix Headless without writing code. Build your site with an AI agent or a vibe coding platform, then let Wix host and manage it for you.
Wix Headless gives you:
Broad API coverage: Tap into Wix business solutions such as eCommerce, bookings, events, memberships, CMS, and blog, all under a single auth model and consistent API pattern.
Multiple frontends, one project: A website, mobile app, and other clients can share the same underlying business data and Wix business solutions.
Pre-built pages and logic: Leverage Wix-hosted pages for complex flows like checkout, booking, and ticket purchases, so you don't have to build them from scratch.
Choose a path based on who hosts your frontend, who handles authentication, and where you're starting from. For a capability comparison, see Choose Your Development Path.
With the Wix CLI: Build locally, then release with the CLI.
Astro (recommended): Create a project with a coding agent or the Wix CLI, or link an existing Astro project. Wix handles authentication, SEO, and extensions for you.
Other web frameworks: Deploy a frontend you already built, and set up authentication yourself.
Without the Wix CLI: Publish the site without installing the CLI.
Quick Start with AI: Describe the site to a chat tool, which keeps the source on Wix.
Static files: Upload HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, publish Figma frames, or send a Claude Design page. Wix hosts the files as they are, with no framework or build step.
Quick Start with AI: Describe what you want to build and let an AI tool publish the site from a single prompt. You don't need the Wix CLI.
Quick Start with the Wix CLI: Scaffold a new Astro-based project from your terminal. The hands-on alternative when you want a local project.
Build with a Vibe Coding Platform: Build your frontend in Base44, Lovable, or another vibe coding platform and use Wix Headless as your backend. This is self-managed.
Create a Self-Managed Headless Project: Use any framework and host the frontend yourself. You want full control over framework, hosting, and authentication. This is self-managed.
Add a Frontend to an Existing Wix Site: Keep the editor-built site as the public website and add another frontend that you host yourself, such as a mobile app. This is self-managed.
Migrate Your WordPress Site to Headless: Use an AI agent to move your WordPress site to Wix Headless. The Wix migration skill discovers your content, maps it to Wix equivalents, and imports your products, blog posts, customers, and more automatically.
The Headless AI Toolkit gives your AI client the context it needs to build and manage your headless project. It explains the available tools, including the wix-headless.dev skill, the Wix plugin, Wix Skills, and the Wix MCP, and helps you choose the right one for your workflow.