payloadcms/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.

45.2k stars · 4.3k forks · TypeScript

Healthy

Healthy: actively maintained by 39 people, no known risks.

Why

No rule fired.

What would change this

Partly checked: maintenance (Commit counts are estimated: the commit sample stops before the window start, so GitHub's totals were scaled by the sampled bot share.)
A dormant maintenance status, a deprecated or archived package, a successor link, or a critical advisory would change this.

Maintenance

Partial

Active

Human commits, 30 days: 259
Human commits, 90 days: 465
Human commits, 365 days: 1.8k
Bot share of commits, 365 days: 1%
Last commit: Oct 13, 2026 (1 day ago)
Last human commit: Oct 13, 2026 (1 day ago)
Authors, 90 days: 39
Last release: Sep 23, 2026 (21 days ago)
Median PR merge time: 4 hours

Responsiveness: of 30 recent issues, 37% got a maintainer reply. Median first response: 24 hours.

Commit counts are estimated: the commit sample stops before the window start, so GitHub's totals were scaled by the sampled bot share.

Sources: Commits, Releases, Merged pull requests, Issues

People

Complete

Owner: Organization
Commits sampled: 495 since Oct 14, 2025
Authors for half of commits: 4
Authors for 80% of commits: 8
Contributors: 436

Top committers

AlessioGr: 16% of commits
paulpopus: 16% of commits
jacobsfletch: 12% of commits
JarrodMFlesch: 9% of commits
nathanlentz: 8% of commits

Shares come from the newest sampled commits, since the commit sample is capped.

Sources: Commits, Contributors

Stars

Complete

Mostly organic, confidence high

Bars show stars gained each week. Orange bars overlap a burst.

Bursts

May 12, 2021 to May 13, 2021: about 45 more stars than usual, peak 32 in one day, a spike that tapers off. No outside explanation found, so this burst is unexplained.
Mar 17, 2022 to Mar 18, 2022: about 23 more stars than usual, peak 19 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
May 17, 2022 to May 17, 2022: about 13 more stars than usual, peak 13 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
May 24, 2022 to Jun 20, 2022: about 3.3k more stars than usual, peak 554 in one day, a spike that tapers off. No outside explanation found, so this burst is unexplained.
Jun 27, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022: about 247 more stars than usual, peak 178 in one day, a shape we can't classify. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Jul 19, 2022 to Aug 3, 2022: about 1.3k more stars than usual, peak 359 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Aug 31, 2022 to Sep 4, 2022: about 392 more stars than usual, peak 143 in one day, a shape we can't classify. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Nov 14, 2022 to Nov 16, 2022: about 207 more stars than usual, peak 106 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Apr 13, 2023 to Apr 14, 2023: about 66 more stars than usual, peak 56 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
Jul 18, 2023 to Jul 25, 2023: about 428 more stars than usual, peak 256 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Oct 9, 2023 to Oct 23, 2023: about 827 more stars than usual, peak 212 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a Hacker News post, a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Nov 20, 2023 to Nov 26, 2023: about 427 more stars than usual, peak 220 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Dec 1, 2023 to Dec 8, 2023: about 532 more stars than usual, peak 133 in one day, a shape we can't classify. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Apr 10, 2024 to Apr 12, 2024: about 193 more stars than usual, peak 95 in one day, a flat block of stars. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Jul 15, 2024 to Jul 18, 2024: about 189 more stars than usual, peak 88 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Oct 14, 2024 to Oct 18, 2024: about 524 more stars than usual, peak 274 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a Hacker News post, a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Nov 7, 2024 to Nov 11, 2024: about 392 more stars than usual, peak 234 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Nov 19, 2024 to Dec 3, 2024: about 2.9k more stars than usual, peak 961 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Feb 19, 2025 to Feb 20, 2025: about 138 more stars than usual, peak 118 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Apr 20, 2025 to Apr 21, 2025: about 133 more stars than usual, peak 128 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks.
Jun 17, 2025 to Jun 19, 2025: about 141 more stars than usual, peak 92 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
Sep 30, 2025 to Oct 2, 2025: about 110 more stars than usual, peak 62 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.

4 stars GitHub has since removed (tracked since Oct 13, 2026).

Anyone can buy stars for any repo; bursts alone don't prove the owner did.

Some star bursts have no matching forks, issues, releases, or launch coverage.
Anyone can buy stars for any repo, so this describes the star history only.

Sources: How star history is analyzed

Risk

Complete

Flags

No risk flags.

License

Now: MIT (OSI-approved)
A year ago: MIT (OSI-approved)

Packages

No published packages found.

OpenSSF Scorecard: 4.7 out of 10 (via deps.dev).

Sources: GitHub: payloadcms/payload

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Earlier verdicts

Oct 14, 2026: Healthy
Oct 13, 2026: Healthy
Oct 13, 2026: Caution

Computed 15 hours ago · method 2026.10.2