Payload CMS Engineering Benchmarks
Headless CMS
GitHub
As of July 27, 2026, Payload CMS has 1,211 merged pull requests, 12.2 hours median cycle time, 3.2 hours median review time, and 26 active contributors in the last 90 days. AI-related signals appear on 1.3% 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
35.9h
with signals
34.1h
baseline
5.1%
difference
AI-Related Signals
7.8%
41 of 527 PRs show AI-related signals
Flagship Repositories
Repository Comparison
| Repository | PRs | AI Signals | Cycle Time | Review Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload flagship | 1211 | 0.0% | 14.9h | 2.4h |
Updated daily from public GitHub pull requests. Source: Tformance Open Source Analytics, updated 22 hours, 38 minutes ago.
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