# payloadcms/payload

> Open-source fullstack Next.js framework that provides a ready-made TypeScript backend and admin panel. Used as a headless CMS or as a base for applications with a custom frontend.

- Magnitude: 2.3 out of 10 — Steady
- Stars: 44,944 total · +10 stars today, ≈ 18 by evening
- Star trust: star growth looks organic
- Category: Backend & databases · Language: TypeScript · License: MIT · Created: 2021-01-05 · Last push: 2026-09-25
- GitHub: https://github.com/payloadcms/payload · Homepage: https://payloadcms.com · Page: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/payloadcms/payload

## Useful for

- Build a website or blog with admin and frontend in a single /app folder
- Run a headless CMS serving content via REST or GraphQL
- Deploy on Vercel or Cloudflare with database and storage in one click

## Why it’s here

- 10 stars so far today, about 18 expected by the end of the day.
- GitHub Trending TypeScript today: #3, +28 stars.
- About 12 forks a day — people are taking the code.

## Star trust

Star growth looks organic.

Star-trust labels are heuristics based on the repository’s behavior, not a check of every stargazer.

## Numbers

- Forks: 4,212
- Issues and pull requests: 14,989
- Watchers: 161
- Average over the last week: 21 per day
- Usual pace: 21 per day
- Stars in the last hour (measured): 0
- Latest release: v4.0.0-canary.37 (2026-09-24)

## Stars per day, last 30 days (oldest → newest, today is partial)

2026-08-27 … 2026-09-25: 21, 20, 21, 17, 26, 19, 16, 13, 14, 20, 12, 20, 19, 25, 21, 23, 18, 13, 22, 25, 22, 25, 16, 21, 13, 28, 22, 18, 28, 10

## Spotted in now

- GitHub Trending TypeScript today: #3, +28 stars

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Data as of 2026-09-25 14:45 UTC, updated every 30 minutes.