# Datastar

A hypermedia framework that lets the backend drive a web frontend through HTML data attributes.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/datastar/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-26
Listed since: 2026-10-26

## Record

### Links

- home: https://data-star.dev
- repository: https://github.com/starfederation/datastar
- docs: https://data-star.dev/guide/getting_started
- pricing: https://data-star.dev/pro
- discord: https://discord.gg/bnRNgZjgPh

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Star Federation
- maintainerType: foundation
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2023
- hqCountry: US

### Kind

- category: framework
- 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: cdn

### License

- licenseModel: open-core
- license: MIT, commercial

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-09-21

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 5198
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: unknown
- contributors: 73
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://data-star.dev/ (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://github.com/starfederation/datastar (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://data-star.dev/guide/getting_started (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainer: https://data-star.dev/star_federation (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainerType: https://data-star.dev/star_federation (read 2026-10-26)
- hqCountry: https://data-star.dev/star_federation (read 2026-10-26)
- language: https://github.com/starfederation/datastar (read 2026-10-26)
- category: https://data-star.dev/ (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://data-star.dev/guide/getting_started (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://data-star.dev/guide/getting_started (read 2026-10-26)
- runsAs: https://data-star.dev/guide/getting_started (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://github.com/starfederation/datastar (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://data-star.dev/pro (read 2026-10-26)
- licenseModel: https://data-star.dev/pro (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://data-star.dev/pro (read 2026-10-26)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/starfederation/datastar/releases/latest (read 2026-10-26)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/starfederation/datastar/releases/latest (read 2026-10-26)
- firstRelease: https://registry.npmjs.org/@sudodevnull/datastar (read 2026-10-26)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/starfederation/datastar (read 2026-10-26)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/starfederation/datastar/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-26)

## Notes

Datastar is a hypermedia framework in which the backend drives the frontend through HTML attributes. The getting started guide names a script tag that loads the framework from a CDN as the quickest way to use it, and recommends hosting the script file yourself. The guide says it needs no npm packages or other dependencies. The [Star Federation page](https://data-star.dev/star_federation) says the framework is backed by Star Federation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and developed and maintained by a few core team members. The project publishes its code on GitHub.

## Worth knowing

Datastar Pro is a paid add-on under a commercial license. It adds functionality to the open source framework, and its pricing is on the [Pro page](https://data-star.dev/pro).

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0