Payload CMS Engineering Benchmarks
Headless CMS
GitHub
As of September 11, 2026, Payload CMS has 1,403 merged pull requests, 12.9 hours median cycle time, 3.2 hours median review time, and 34 active contributors in the last 90 days. AI-related signals appear on 1.8% of recent work.
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
42.9h
with signals
45.5h
baseline
-5.8%
difference
AI-Related Signals
7.5%
31 of 414 PRs show AI-related signals
Flagship Repositories
Repository Comparison
| Repository | PRs | AI Signals | Cycle Time | Review Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload flagship | 1403 | 4.1% | 16.6h | 4.9h |
Updated daily from public GitHub pull requests. Source: Tformance Open Source Analytics, updated 35 minutes ago.
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