Categories / Content Management Systems (CMS)
Payload CMS
Developer-first headless CMS and application framework.
Self-hosted alternative to
- Website
- https://payloadcms.com/
- Source code
- https://github.com/payloadcms/payload
- GitHub stars
- 45,598
- Repository activity
- 30 October 2026
- Latest release
- v4.0.0-beta.6, 29 October 2026
- Health
- Active From the repository record in this build
- License
- MIT
- Platforms
- Nodejs
- Categories
- Content Management Systems (CMS)
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