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Payload

payload

Node, React, Headless CMS and Application Framework built on Next.js

Headless UI
admin panel
api
cms
content management
dashboard
framework
graphQL
headless
javascript
next.js
Documentation GitHub npm
Stars
46k
Weekly
1.3M
Open issues
1440
Bundle
~25 kB

Installation

npm install payload

Code example

import { Button } from "payload";

export function Example() {
  return (
    <div className="flex gap-2">
      <Button>Primary</Button>
      <Button variant="outline">Secondary</Button>
    </div>
  );
}

Pros & cons

Pros

  • Actively maintained by Payload <dev@payloadcms.com> (https://payloadcms.com)
  • 1.3M weekly downloads. Battle tested
  • First-class TypeScript definitions
  • MIT licensed

Considerations

  • Adds roughly ~25 kB to your bundle
  • Not supported in React Native
  • 1440 open issues on GitHub

FAQs

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