Payload CMS Engineering Benchmarks
Headless CMS
GitHub
As of June 3, 2026, Payload CMS has 895 merged pull requests, 10.5 hours median cycle time, 3.0 hours median review time, and 33 active contributors in the last 90 days. AI-related signals appear on 1.8% of recent work.
PRs with AI-related signals take 20% longer 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.
Top AI Coding Agents
Most active AI coding agents in the last 90 days.
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copilot-swe-agent
1 PRs (100.0%)
Cycle Time by AI-Related Signals
61.3h
with signals
51.2h
baseline
19.7%
difference
AI-Related Signals
5.1%
19 of 376 PRs show AI-related signals
Flagship Repositories
Repository Comparison
| Repository | PRs | AI Signals | Cycle Time | Review Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload flagship | 895 | 2.8% | 10.3h | 3.7h |
Updated daily from public GitHub pull requests. Source: Tformance Open Source Analytics, updated 16 hours, 19 minutes ago.
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