# FoalTS

Node.js framework for creating web applications, written in TypeScript.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://foalts.org/
- repository: https://github.com/FoalTS/foal
- docs: https://foalts.org/docs/
- bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/foalts.org
- discord: https://discord.gg/QUrJv98

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: FoalTS
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2017
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: framework
- hosting: node
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: node 22
- basedOn: express

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: postgres, mysql, sqlite, mongodb
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: graphql
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: npx scaffolder

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 5
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-07-09

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 1936
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 1692
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 49
- dependentPackages: 27

### Sources

- urls: https://foalts.org/ (read 2026-10-21)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/FoalTS/foal (read 2026-10-21)
- urls: https://foalts.org/docs/ (read 2026-10-21)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FoalTS/foal/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-21)
- category: https://foalts.org/docs/ (read 2026-10-21)
- language: https://foalts.org/docs/ (read 2026-10-21)
- runtime: https://foalts.org/docs/ (read 2026-10-21)
- runtimeMin: https://registry.npmjs.org/@foal/core/latest (read 2026-10-21)
- firstRelease: https://registry.npmjs.org/@foal/core (read 2026-10-21)
- basedOn: https://foalts.org/docs/common/expressjs (read 2026-10-21)
- databases: https://foalts.org/docs/databases/typeorm/introduction (read 2026-10-21)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FoalTS/foal/master/README.md (read 2026-10-21)
- runsAs: https://foalts.org/docs/deployment-and-environments/checklist (read 2026-10-21)
- headlessApi: https://foalts.org/docs/ (read 2026-10-21)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/FoalTS/foal (read 2026-10-21)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FoalTS/foal/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-21)
- currentMajor: https://registry.npmjs.org/@foal/core/latest (read 2026-10-21)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/FoalTS/foal/releases/latest (read 2026-10-21)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/@foal/core (read 2026-10-21)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/FoalTS/foal (read 2026-10-21)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40foal%2Fcore (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40foal%2Fcore (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

FoalTS is a Node.js framework for building web applications, written in TypeScript. It bundles a CLI, testing tools, frontend utilities, authentication, an ORM, deployment environments and GraphQL and Swagger API support in one place, so a project does not need to assemble these from separate npm packages. The application returned by its `createApp` function is an ExpressJS application. A project is created with `npx @foal/cli createapp`, and `npm run dev` starts a development server.

For production, the [deployment checklist](https://foalts.org/docs/deployment-and-environments/checklist) describes starting the app with the environment set to production, and covers HTTPS, secrets and production database migrations.

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