Wix-managed headless is the recommended path for building headless projects on Wix. Wix hosts and runs your frontend and connects it to Wix business solutions, handling deployments, scaling, and security, so you can focus on building.
Every Wix-managed headless project runs on Wix infrastructure, whatever framework you build with:
How much Wix handles for you depends on the framework you build with. Build with Astro for the full integration, where Wix also handles authentication, SEO, analytics, monitoring, secrets, and extensions. Bring another web framework for a limited integration, where Wix hosts and runs your site but you build it locally and set up authentication yourself.
For what each option gives you, see About Supported Frameworks.
Note: If you need a framework Wix-managed doesn't support, or want your own hosting provider, use self-managed headless instead. It supports any framework, but you handle hosting and deployment yourself.
How you create a project depends on your framework. Follow the matching quick start.
With Astro, Wix's Astro integration handles authentication for you:
With another web framework, you set up authentication yourself:
Whichever quick start you choose, your new project appears in your Wix dashboard alongside your sites.
If you already have a Wix site with a connected domain, you can replace its editor-built frontend with a custom frontend that Wix hosts. You build the frontend with an AI coding tool, preview it without changing the live site, and switch when you're ready. Your business tools and data keep running, and your domain moves to the new frontend. See Moving Your Site to a Custom Frontend.
Last updated: 18 October 2026