This is a major release that includes a re-architecture of Payload from Express and a single-page React app to Next.js. In addition to this architectural change, we've also shipped a ton of large features, miscellaneous fixes, and DX improvements.<p>Architectural changes
Payload now installs fully in any Next.js app router
You can now deploy your entire project (frontend and backend) in one app
Payload can now be deployed serverless on platforms like Vercel
Everything Payload does now works seamlessly within any Next.js project
You can now use the Payload Local API in Server Components and Server Functions
Postgres, Live Preview, and Lexical have been marked as stable
All Payload exports have been significantly cleaned up and organized
Payload is now an ESM project
Payload is now modular, and we now publish new packages ui, next, translations, and graphql
The Payload config is now server-side only, and works in any Node environment
Server-side HMR works out of the box - removing the need for nodemon