Payload CMS Has a Free API — The TypeScript Headless CMS That Replaces Strapi

Payload is a headless CMS and application framework built with TypeScript. Self-hosted, fully typed, with a beautiful admin panel — it's what Strapi should have been. Why Payload? 100% TypeScript — generated types for all collections Self-hosted — runs on your server, you own your data Next.js native — Payload 3.0 runs inside Next.js Access control — field-level, document-level, collection-level auth Quick Start npx create-payload-app@latest myapp cd myapp npm run dev # Admin at http://localhost:3000/admin Collections (Content Types) // collections/Posts.ts import { CollectionConfig } from ' payload ' ; export const Posts : CollectionConfig = { slug : ' posts ' , admin : { useAsTitle : ' title ' , }, access : { read : () => true , create : ({ req : { user } }) => !! user , update : ({ req : { user } }) => !! user , delete : ({ req : { user } }) => user ?. role === ' admin ' , }, fields : [ { name : ' title ' , type : ' text ' , required : true }, { name : ' slug ' , type : ' text ' , u