# Barba.js

JavaScript library for smooth transitions between the pages of a website, which makes the site behave like a single-page application.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://barba.js.org/
- repository: https://github.com/barbajs/barba
- docs: https://barba.js.org/docs/getstarted/intro/
- x: https://twitter.com/barba_js

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Luigi De Rosa, Thierry Michel, Xavier Foucrier
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2016
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: graphics
- hosting: not applicable
- language: javascript
- runtime: unknown
- runtimeMin: not applicable
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: not applicable
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: npm

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2024-08-12

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 12995
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 9622
- contributors: 19
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 1689
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 339
- dependentPackages: 25

### Sources

- urls: https://barba.js.org/ (read 2026-11-04)
- urls: https://github.com/barbajs/barba (read 2026-11-04)
- urls: https://barba.js.org/docs/getstarted/intro/ (read 2026-11-04)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/barbajs/barba/releases/tag/0.0.6 (read 2026-11-04)
- maintainer: https://github.com/barbajs/barba/blob/main/LICENSE.md (read 2026-11-04)
- category: https://github.com/barbajs/barba/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-04)
- language: https://github.com/barbajs/barba (read 2026-11-04)
- installMethod: https://barba.js.org/docs/getstarted/install/ (read 2026-11-04)
- installMethod: https://barba.js.org/docs/getstarted/install/ (read 2026-11-04)
- installMethod: https://barba.js.org/docs/getstarted/install/ (read 2026-11-04)
- license: https://github.com/barbajs/barba (read 2026-11-04)
- license: https://github.com/barbajs/barba/blob/main/LICENSE.md (read 2026-11-04)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/barbajs/barba/blob/main/LICENSE.md (read 2026-11-04)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/barbajs/barba/releases/tag/v2.10.3 (read 2026-11-04)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/barbajs/barba/releases/tag/v2.10.3 (read 2026-11-04)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-10-26:2026-11-01/@barba/core (read 2026-11-04)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/barbajs/barba (read 2026-11-04)
- contributors: https://github.com/barbajs/barba/graphs/contributors (read 2026-11-04)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40barba%2Fcore (read 2026-11-04)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40barba%2Fcore (read 2026-11-04)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-11-04)

## Notes

Barba.js is a JavaScript library that adds transitions between the pages of a website. Its [user guide](https://barba.js.org/docs/getstarted/intro/) says it makes the site run like a single-page application. The core package, @barba/core, is installed with npm or Yarn and imported into the build, or loaded from a CDN. The repository is a monorepo that also holds the router, prefetch and CSS plugins.

## Worth knowing

The install page says a CDN script with no version named targets the latest release, and it advises bundling a specific tagged version.

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