Payload CMS
The most powerful TypeScript CMS
★ 4.6
Code-first headless CMS built with TypeScript. Full Next.js integration with config-based content modeling. 100% type-safe APIs.
Features
✓ Code-first configuration
✓ 100% TypeScript
✓ Next.js native integration
✓ Auto-generated admin UI
✓ GraphQL and REST APIs
✓ Access control
✓ Live preview
✓ Localization
✓ Versioning
Pros
- + Best TypeScript experience
- + Code-first is powerful
- + Next.js native integration
- + Beautiful generated admin
- + 100% open source
Cons
- − Requires self-hosting
- − Steeper learning curve
- − Smaller community
- − Cloud hosting not yet available