# Fractal

Tool for building and documenting website component libraries and design systems, with a web UI, a development server and static HTML export.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/fractal/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-28

## Record

### Links

- home: https://fractal.build/
- repository: https://github.com/frctl/fractal
- docs: https://fractal.build/guide/
- discord: https://discord.gg/vuRz4Yx

### Identity

- status: discontinued
- maintainer: Mark Perkins
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2016
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: dev-tool
- hosting: not applicable
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: not applicable
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: local, static
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: npm install --save @frctl/fractal

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2023-01-26

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 2128
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 7329
- contributors: 41
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 393
- dependentPackages: 187

### Sources

- status: https://api.github.com/repos/frctl/fractal (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://fractal.build/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/frctl/fractal (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://fractal.build/guide/ (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://registry.npmjs.org/@frctl%2ffractal (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://github.com/frctl/fractal/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainerType: https://github.com/frctl/fractal/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/frctl/fractal (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://github.com/frctl/fractal/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- runtime: https://github.com/frctl/fractal/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://fractal.build/guide/installation.html (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://fractal.build/guide/web/development-server.html (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://fractal.build/guide/web/exporting-static-html.html (read 2026-10-28)
- renderingModes: https://fractal.build/guide/web/exporting-static-html.html (read 2026-10-28)
- templating: https://fractal.build/guide/customisation/template-engines.html (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/frctl/fractal (read 2026-10-28)
- licenseModel: https://fractal.build/ (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/frctl/fractal/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/frctl/fractal/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/frctl/fractal (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/frctl/fractal/contributors (read 2026-10-28)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-09-28:2026-10-04/@frctl/fractal (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40frctl%2Ffractal (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40frctl%2Ffractal (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

Fractal is a tool for building and documenting website component libraries and design systems. It runs as a Node project dependency installed with npm, and its web UI lets you browse the components in a local development server. The same UI can be exported as static HTML files. Templates are rendered with Handlebars by default, and other template engines load through adapters.

## Worth knowing

The GitHub repository is archived, so the project no longer receives changes there.

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