Payload 3.0: The first CMS that installs directly into any Next.js app

Today is the culmination of a year of work from a small but very crazy and passionate team. I was going to crack another Budweiser in celebration here, but I need to get through recording about a million more videos. So not today—maybe tomorrow. As of today, Payload has completely reinvented the Headless CMS and solved the headaches you might encounter when running Headless infrastructure. Payload is the only Next.js CMS—in a way that no other CMS can come close to. It installs directly into your app folder without any third-party SaaS services—no free trials, no free tier, no subscriptions. It’s yours. This is the definition of open source. .