Payload

Developer-first TypeScript & React headless CMS

5.0•12 reviews•

1K followers

Developer-first TypeScript & React headless CMS

5.0•12 reviews•

1K followers

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Payload is a TypeScript headless CMS built to catapult your efficiency as a developer. From your config, Payload generates extensible REST, GraphQL, and Node APIs as well as a powerful React admin panel that your content editors will love.

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Payload 2.0TypeScript headless CMS + app framework

Launched on October 9th, 2023

Payload CMSThe best TypeScript CMS developer experience there is

Launched on July 19th, 2022

Payload CMSDeveloper-first TypeScript & React headless CMS

Launched on May 12th, 2021

5.0

Based on 12 reviews

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Reviewers describe Payload as a strong fit for teams that want a customizable CMS in a familiar developer workflow. Users praise its extensibility, flexible admin UI, solid developer experience, and an editor experience that works well for content teams, while also noting that it is still relatively new and can have fewer features or integrations than more established options. One founder, from the makers of Stile.iD, says it eased a move from WordPress by fitting a TypeScript stack, Vercel previews, and marketing-led content updates.

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used Payload to build Stile.iD

•6 reviews

Coming from WordPress, we wanted a CMS that fit the way we’re building Stile: TypeScript across the frontend and backend, an AI-friendly development workflow, and good integration with Vercel. Payload brought those priorities together. Its TypeScript and React foundation keeps our content models, backend logic, and frontend components in a familiar stack, giving our engineers and coding agents clearer context when building and reviewing changes. The Vercel integration fits our GitHub and preview-deployment workflow, so engineering and marketing can review the actual site before updates go live. Our marketing team can also manage content without an engineering change for every edit. That combination of developer control, editorial flexibility, and a consistent path to deployment made Payload a compelling move from WordPress.

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I've been using Payload CMS for more than a month now. It hard to appreciate the simplicity and performance without trying it. I encourage everyone to try it. All you need is to create a model (Typescript class) to define how you want to structure your data, and you're done! It does support RESTFUL API outside the box, along with GraphQL. Very fast (we have a collection with 75,000 items) and response time is less than 100ms. Keep up the great work @jamesmikrut and team.

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fast performance (1)developer friendly (3)REST and GraphQL support (1)

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•1 review

Payload is a forward-thinking CMS, it has a great community with responsive developers, great DX for developers and UX for content writers. It's a relatively new product and as such may be more limited in terms of features and broad integrations/support but the community is writing plugins and its open source so you can either contribute or expand it for your own purposes, as it's an extensible application framework too!

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community support (1)open source (1)developer friendly (3)

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limited integrations (1)limited features (1)

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used Payload to build Stile.iD

•6 reviews

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fast performance (1)developer friendly (3)REST and GraphQL support (1)

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•1 review

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community support (1)open source (1)developer friendly (3)

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limited integrations (1)limited features (1)

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