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Node, React, Headless CMS and Application Framework built on Next.js

v3.90.2, 23 Sept 2026MITESM onlyTypes: BundledGraphQLReact
$ npm install payload

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
589.1k
+281% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
32
Direct, from package.json
Last release
1 day ago
v3.90.2
GitHub stars
44.9k
4.2k forks
Open issues / PRs
465 / 715
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
1,799

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0200k400k600k800kSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 761.8k (25 Aug 2026)Low 108.2k (23 Dec 2025)
Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

589,081 downloads last week, 2,839,499 in the last month. The 12-month change of +281% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
52501 in total
Latest version
3.90.2, 23 Sept 20261 day ago
First published
25 Feb 2015
Last push to GitHub
25 Sept 2026same day as the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
465
Open pull requests
715
Commits, last 52 weeks
1,799
Dependents on npm
111

Major versions

  1. v3 first release 3.0.0, 19 Nov 2024
  2. v2 first release 2.0.0, 9 Oct 2023
  3. v1 first release 1.0.4, 19 Jul 2022
  4. v0 first release 0.1.137, 5 Jan 2021

Recent releases

VersionPublished
3.90.223 Sept 2026
3.90.118 Sept 2026
3.90.018 Sept 2026
3.89.010 Sept 2026
3.88.011 Aug 2026
3.87.16 Aug 2026
3.87.031 Jul 2026
3.86.010 Jul 2026
3.85.21 Jul 2026
3.85.19 Jun 2026
3.85.026 May 2026
3.84.123 Apr 2026
3.84.022 Apr 2026
3.83.015 Apr 2026
Module format
ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
^18.20.2 || >=20.9.0
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
8.0 MB
Dependencies (32)
wsajvsaxtsxjosepinouuidbusboycronerqs-esmundicici-infominimist@next/envdeepmergefile-typeipaddr.jspluralizedataloaderhttp-statuspino-prettyget-tsconfigrange-parser@types/busboybson-objectidts-essentialspath-to-regexpimage-dimensionssanitize-filenameconsole-table-printer@payloadcms/translationsjson-schema-to-typescript
Peer dependencies (1)
graphql
npm install payload

CDN

jsDelivr: 173k requests in 30 days
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/payload@3.90.2/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/payload@3.90.2/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/payload@3.90.2
PackageWeekly downloadsGzipLast releaseModuleComparison
@medplum/core144.1k-todayESM + CommonJS-
@medplum/definitions38.8k-todayESM + CommonJS-
@envelop/core5.5m-8 days agoESM + CommonJS@envelop/core vs payload
typed-graphqlify12k-4 years agoESM + CommonJS-
@graphql-tools/executor6.6m-17 days agoESM + CommonJS-
@graphql-inspector/code-loader239.8k-1 month agoESM + CommonJS-
drizzle-graphql9.8k-2 years agoESM + CommonJS-
graphql-upload-ts55.3k-5 months agoESM + CommonJS-

Related

Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API, jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.