Every thing you need to know about Payload CMS

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About Payload CMS

Developer-first headless CMS and application framework.

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The most powerful TypeScript CMS

Code-first Headless CMS that bridges the gap between CMS and application framework

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⭐ Why Payload?

Payload is a CMS that has been designed for developers from the ground up to deliver them what they need to build great digital products. If you know JavaScript, you know Payload. It's a code-first CMS, which allows us to do a lot of things right:

Payload gives you everything you need, but then steps back and lets you build what you want in JavaScript or TypeScript - with no unnecessary complexity brought by GUIs. You'll understand how your CMS works because you will have written it exactly how you want it.
Bring your own Express server and do whatever you need on top of Payload. Payload doesn't impose anything on you or your app.
Completely control the Admin panel by using your own React components. Swap out fields or even entire views with ease.
Use your data however and wherever you need thanks to auto-generated, yet fully extensible REST, GraphQL, and Local Node APIs.

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✨ Features

Completely free and open-source
GraphQL, REST, and Local APIs
Easily customizable ReactJS Admin
Fully self-hosted
Extensible Authentication
Local file storage & upload
Version History and Drafts
Field-based Localization
Block-based Layout Builder
Extensible SlateJS rich text editor
Array field type
Field conditional logic
Extremely granular Access Control
Document and field-level hooks for every action Payload provides
Built with Typescript & very Typescript-friendly
Intensely fast API
Highly secure thanks to HTTP-only cookies, CSRF protection, and more

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🚀 Quick Start

Before beginning to work with Payload, make sure you have all of the required software.

From there, the easiest way to get started with Payload is to use the create-payload-app package:

npx create-payload-app

Alternatively, it only takes about five minutes to create an app from scratch.

🗒️ Documentation

Check out the Payload website to find in-depth documentation for everything that Payload offers.

🙋 Contributing

If you want to add contributions to this repository, please follow the instructions in contributing.md.

🚨 Need help?

There are lots of good conversations and resources in our Github Discussions board & our Discord Server. If you're struggling with something, chances are, someone's already solved what you're up against.