PayloadCMS

Payload is an open-source headless CMS and application framework that can be directly integrated into Next.js projects. It allows database queries to be done directly through React Server Components and offers an extensible structure on both the admin panel and backend side. It can be distributed as serverless on platforms such as Vercel or Cloudflare.

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What can it do?
  • Within the /app directory of your Next.js project, you can manage both the front-end and the management panel in a single code base.
  • You can perform database queries directly using React Server Components.
  • Using ready-made templates, you can quickly stream projects such as e-commerce site, blog, or portfolio.
Heads up
  • • High number of open issues (1,459)
User reviews
  • ↓ NegativeHacker News

    PayloadCMS: Open-Source, Fullstack Next.js Framework

    “In june evaluated PayloadCMS (v3 beta), Strapi and Sanity for powering an app with (30+ content types) and a website. In the end i chose PayloadCMS. - I can programatically define content types in typescript - selfhosting - localization support. Sanity: _Pros_: great DX, easy to…”

  • ↓ NegativeGitHub Issue

    Cloud storage plugin socket usage at capacity

    “### Link to reproduction _No response_ ### Describe the Bug I am using the cloud storage plugin with an S3 adapter pointing to DigitalOcean Spaces. I have users making a lot of edits relating to images lately. After a significant amount of uploads and image swapping, I get…”

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