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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.

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What it is

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.

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 7:56:55 PM UTC.

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HN mentions by year13 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2022-02-02 03:37:31 UTC to 2026-10-06 10:05:12 UTC.

012342022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 2 submissions, 2 comments20222023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 1 submissions, 2 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 3 submissions, 0 comments20242025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

* An incomplete calendar period is marked with an outlined bar. Its count is not directly comparable with a full period.

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20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC422
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC312
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC330
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC110
2026 (partial)2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC211

What Hacker News says

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This is hugely important to us. For features that belong in the core, we point people to GitHub Discussions (https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/discussions) and more often than not, we are pretty fast to green light / build certain features for free. Our community has also been straight up amazing in this regard. But if you've got something more significant that you'd like a hand with, we'd be happy to chat. Sounds great!
In Launch HN: Payload (YC S22) – Headless CMS for Developers
novoreorx·Aug 8, 2022Submission

Ask HN: Why so many projects set their GitHub links to /stargazers?

I really don't understand the point of showing who have starred the project. When I open a link that ends with /stargazers, I immediately click the project name to navigate to the home page. But since I have seen too many of these, I want to ask why, maybe there are some considerations I don't know. (Just met two "stargazer" links in the past 30 minutes: https://github.com/formkit/auto-animate/stargazers , https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/stargazers)
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