Payload
Developer-first TypeScript & React headless CMS
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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A CMS that let us build a great backend, quickly and without the headaches.
A CMS that let us build a great backend, quickly and without the headaches.
Without Payload we wouldn't have been able to build such a stable foundation for app. Truly the best CMS out there ❤️
Payload is great for taking care of most of the backend boilerplate and lets me work on value add features
Great open source CMS which will feels intuitive for any developer familiar with typescript & NextJS (since their V3 release). Though I've been using payload for projects since V1, and the team keeps delivering amazing work, new features with a great eye for their community and the best thing is that it's fully customizable.
Payload CMS is a game-changer for developers looking for a modern, flexible, and extensible content management system. Unlike traditional CMS platforms, it is built entirely on TypeScript and React, allowing for full control over the data schema, authentication, and API structure. Its self-hosted nature ensures complete ownership of data, while its headless architecture enables seamless integration with modern front-end frameworks like Next.js. Payload simplifies content management for developers while maintaining the flexibility needed to scale complex applications.
It's never been easier to create a backend with user permissions and everything you need to deploy a platform. There are a lot of headless CMS's out there like Strapi, Storyblok or Contentful. But none of them are as minimal, simple and powerful at the same time as Payload CMS.
Amazing, but will master it when migrate to Nextjs 😍
We are currently building up a CMS to support internal workflows for powering a gamified real-time learning app. As a developer I'm thrilled we chose Payload Cms. Payloads customization capabilities and extendable Admin UI are a powerhouse of opportunities for us.
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!