# A-Frame

Web framework for building browser-based 3D, AR and VR experiences with HTML and an entity-component architecture.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/aframe/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-04
Listed since: 2026-11-04

## Record

### Links

- home: https://aframe.io/
- repository: https://github.com/aframevr/aframe
- docs: https://aframe.io/docs/
- x: https://x.com/aframevr
- discord: https://discord.gg/NPgArtG3Qz
- forum: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/aframe

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: A-Frame authors
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2015
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: framework, graphics
- hosting: unknown
- language: javascript
- runtime: unknown
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: browser
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: npm install

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-06-24

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 17687
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 33716
- contributors: 407
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 1245
- dependentPackages: 371

### Sources

- urls: https://aframe.io/ (read 2026-11-04)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/aframevr/aframe (read 2026-11-04)
- urls: https://aframe.io/docs/1.8.0/introduction/installation.html (read 2026-11-04)
- maintainer: https://github.com/aframevr/aframe/blob/master/LICENSE (read 2026-11-04)
- category: https://github.com/aframevr/aframe/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-11-04)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/aframevr/aframe (read 2026-11-04)
- runsAs: https://github.com/aframevr/aframe/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-11-04)
- license: https://github.com/aframevr/aframe/blob/master/LICENSE (read 2026-11-04)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/aframevr/aframe/blob/master/LICENSE (read 2026-11-04)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/aframevr/aframe/releases/tags/v1.8.0 (read 2026-11-04)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/aframevr/aframe/releases/tags/v1.8.0 (read 2026-11-04)
- firstRelease: https://registry.npmjs.org/aframe (read 2026-11-04)
- installMethod: https://aframe.io/docs/1.8.0/introduction/installation.html (read 2026-11-04)
- installMethod: https://aframe.io/docs/1.8.0/introduction/installation.html (read 2026-11-04)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-10-26:2026-11-01/aframe (read 2026-11-04)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/aframevr/aframe (read 2026-11-04)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/aframevr/aframe/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-11-04)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/aframe (read 2026-11-04)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/aframe (read 2026-11-04)

## Notes

A-Frame is a web framework for building browser-based 3D, AR and VR experiences. Scenes are written as HTML elements, and each element takes its behavior from the components attached to it, an entity-component structure the README describes as a layer on top of three.js.

A page gets A-Frame either from a script tag that points to the CDN build or from npm. The install page says most methods need no installation, because A-Frame is primarily HTML and JavaScript.

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