# Encore

Backend framework for TypeScript and Go in which application code declares the infrastructure it uses, such as databases, Pub/Sub and cron jobs.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/encore/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-21
Listed since: 2026-10-21

## Record

### Links

- home: https://encore.dev
- repository: https://github.com/encoredev/encore
- docs: https://encore.dev/docs
- pricing: https://encore.dev/pricing
- x: https://x.com/encoredotdev
- discord: https://encore.dev/discord

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Encoretivity AB
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: SE

### Kind

- category: framework
- hosting: node, binary
- language: javascript
- runtime: node, binary
- runtimeMin: node 18
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: brew install encoredev/tap/encore, install script for Linux and Windows

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MPL-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-20

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 12499
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 25216
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://encore.dev (read 2026-10-21)
- urls: https://github.com/encoredev/encore (read 2026-10-21)
- urls: https://encore.dev/docs (read 2026-10-21)
- maintainer: https://encore.dev/legal (read 2026-10-21)
- maintainerType: https://encore.dev/legal (read 2026-10-21)
- hqCountry: https://encore.dev/about (read 2026-10-21)
- category: https://github.com/encoredev/encore/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-21)
- language: https://encore.dev (read 2026-10-21)
- runtime: https://registry.npmjs.org/encore.dev/latest (read 2026-10-21)
- runtime: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/self-host/build (read 2026-10-21)
- runtimeMin: https://registry.npmjs.org/encore.dev/latest (read 2026-10-21)
- databases: https://encore.dev/docs/go/install (read 2026-10-21)
- installMethod: https://encore.dev/docs/go/install (read 2026-10-21)
- runsAs: https://encore.dev/docs/ts/self-host/build (read 2026-10-21)
- license: https://encore.dev/docs/community/open-source (read 2026-10-21)
- licenseModel: https://encore.dev/docs/community/open-source (read 2026-10-21)
- urls: https://encore.dev/pricing (read 2026-10-21)
- currentMajor: https://registry.npmjs.org/encore.dev/latest (read 2026-10-21)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/encoredev/encore/releases/tag/v1.58.8 (read 2026-10-21)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/encore.dev (read 2026-10-21)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/encoredev/encore (read 2026-10-21)

## Notes

Encore is a backend framework with SDKs for TypeScript and Go. Application code declares the infrastructure it uses, such as a SQL database, and the Encore CLI provisions it for local development: a declared database runs as PostgreSQL in Docker. The backend framework, parser and compiler are open source.

To run an application outside Encore's platform, `encore build docker` compiles it into a Docker image that starts all services and listens on a port. The [self-hosting guide](https://encore.dev/docs/ts/self-host/build) notes that the image does not apply database migrations or trigger cron jobs, so both need a separate step or scheduler.

## Worth knowing

Provisioning infrastructure in the user's own AWS or GCP account is part of Encore Cloud, a hosted platform run by the same company, and the [pricing page](https://encore.dev/pricing) lists it under a paid plan. A self-hosted application gets its infrastructure from a configuration file supplied at build time.

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