Payload CMS Engineering Benchmarks
Headless CMS
GitHub
As of October 26, 2026, Payload CMS has 1,745 merged pull requests, 13.9 hours median cycle time, 3.3 hours median review time, and 36 active contributors in the last 90 days. AI-related signals appear on 5.6% of recent work.
PRs with AI-related signals ship 21% faster than the baseline.
Delivery Trend and AI Signals
PR Backlog (Humans)
Excludes AI agents and automation accounts.
PR Backlog (AI Agents)
AI coding agents only.
Cycle Time by AI-Related Signals
39.1h
with signals
49.5h
baseline
-20.9%
difference
AI-Related Signals
17.2%
91 of 529 PRs show AI-related signals
Flagship Repositories
Repository Comparison
| Repository | PRs | AI Signals | Cycle Time | Review Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload flagship | 1745 | 19.9% | 14.2h | 3.3h |
Updated daily from public GitHub pull requests. Source: Tformance Open Source Analytics, updated 1 hour, 41 minutes ago.
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