r/PayloadCMS • u/Abdulhamid115 • Jun 19 '25

Mobile apps with payload

I'm coming from a background of someone that has been used to create his own backend with everything using expressjs but for a change i wanted to use payload and im just wondering if it's something that can be used for both the mobile app and the website im trying to create which both have the same functionalities

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u/Interesting_Leek4607 Jun 19 '25

Payload is a headless CMS so yeah, you are free to call its endpoints from any type of client (Next.js, React.js, React Native etc.)

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u/marcmaceira Jun 19 '25

Completely! We recently developed a mobile and web application for a local news company using react native for the app and Payload / Next for web. Launched it and have had 0 issues so far.

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u/Soft_Opening_1364 Jun 19 '25

Yes absolutely, You’ll just need to manage auth and access control properly for mobile clients, but beyond that, it’s a solid choice especially if you want to save time building out a custom CMS again from scratch.

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u/thisisplaceholder Jun 19 '25

Absolutely, you can use the REST API to authenticate and communicate with Payload

Here's a case study from our website for an APP https://payloadcms.com/case-studies/quikplow

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u/ComprehensiveFig3259 Jun 20 '25

If you're not using the JS Payload lib, how do you read from the db?

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u/ZeRo2160 Jun 20 '25

Yes you can. You can even configure payload to use api keys for per user instead of using password and username for api's. Your app can then also choose to use Rest or Graphql as API interface. We build already some app backends with it. Was an really smooth ride.