# Feathers

Full-stack framework for creating web APIs and real-time applications with TypeScript or JavaScript.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/feathers/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-21
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-21

## Record

### Links

- home: https://feathersjs.com
- repository: https://github.com/feathersjs/feathers
- docs: https://feathersjs.com/guides/
- discord: https://discord.gg/qa8kez8QBx

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Feathers Contributors
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: npm create

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 5
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-09-11

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 15258
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 59753
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 2269
- dependentPackages: 445

### Sources

- urls: https://feathersjs.com/ (read 2026-10-21)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/feathersjs/feathers (read 2026-10-21)
- urls: https://feathersjs.com/guides/basics/starting.html (read 2026-10-21)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/feathersjs/feathers/dove/LICENSE (read 2026-10-21)
- category: https://feathersjs.com/ (read 2026-10-21)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/feathersjs/feathers (read 2026-10-21)
- runtime: https://feathersjs.com/guides/basics/starting.html (read 2026-10-21)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/feathersjs/feathers/dove/README.md (read 2026-10-21)
- runsAs: https://feathersjs.com/guides/basics/starting.html (read 2026-10-21)
- headlessApi: https://feathersjs.com/guides/basics/starting.html (read 2026-10-21)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/feathersjs/feathers (read 2026-10-21)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/feathersjs/feathers/dove/LICENSE (read 2026-10-21)
- currentMajor: https://registry.npmjs.org/@feathersjs/feathers/latest (read 2026-10-21)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/feathersjs/feathers/releases/latest (read 2026-10-21)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/@feathersjs/feathers (read 2026-10-21)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/feathersjs/feathers (read 2026-10-21)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40feathersjs%2Ffeathers (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40feathersjs%2Ffeathers (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Feathers is a framework for building web APIs and real-time applications, written in TypeScript and used from TypeScript or JavaScript. An application registers services, which can have find, get, create, update, patch and remove methods. A transport turns the registered services into a server: the Koa transport exposes them as a REST API and the Socket.io transport as a real-time WebSocket API. The [quick start](https://feathersjs.com/guides/basics/starting.html) shows the framework first as a plain script and then hosted as an API server.

The project is MIT-licensed and the license names Feathers Contributors as the copyright holder.

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