Payload
Payload is the open-source, fullstack Next.js framework, giving you instant backend superpowers. Get a full TypeScript backend and admin panel instantly. Use Payload as a headless CMS or for building powerful applications.
Overview
Payload is a software that allows users to easily create and deploy web applications. It provides a range of features and templates to help users quickly build and customize their websites, blogs, portfolios, and e-commerce platforms. The software is free and open-source, built with Typescript, and highly extensible.
Features
- Completely free and open-source
- Supports GraphQL, REST, and Local APIs
- Fully customizable ReactJS Admin interface
- Can be self-hosted
- Provides extensible authentication options
- Allows for local file storage and upload
- Offers version history and drafts
- Supports field-based localization
- Includes a block-based layout builder
- Provides an intuitive SlateJS rich text editor
- Supports array field types and field conditional logic
- Offers granular access control with document and field-level hooks
- Express
Express.js is a simple Node.js framework for single, multi-page, and hybrid web applications.
- Next.js
Next.js is a React-based web framework that enables server-side rendering, static site generation, and other powerful features for building modern web applications.
- React
React is a widely used JavaScript library for building user interfaces and single-page applications. It follows a component-based architecture and uses a virtual DOM to efficiently update and render UI components
- Drizzle ORM
Drizzle ORM is a TypeScript ORM for SQL databases designed with maximum type safety in mind. It comes with a drizzle-kit CLI companion for automatic SQL migrations generation. Drizzle ORM is meant to be a library, not a framework. It stays as an opt-in solution all the time at any levels.
- Payloadcms
Payload is an open source, headless CMS and application framework built with TypeScript, Node.js, and React.
- Fullstack
A fullstack boilerplate provides a starter application that includes both frontend and backend. It should include database, auth, payments, user roles and other backend services to build a fully featured saas or webapps.
- Graphql
A website that uses GraphQL as a query language to manage data fetching and state management. This includes features such as a strongly typed schema, client-side caching, and declarative data fetching to streamline data management and optimize website performance.
- Typescript
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript, providing optional static typing, classes, interfaces, and other features that help developers write more maintainable and scalable code. TypeScript's static typing system can catch errors at compile-time, making it easier to build and maintain large applications.
