Frontity
React framework for building WordPress websites, rendered by a Node.js server.
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Frontity is a React framework for building websites on WordPress. WordPress stays the place where content is written and edited, and Frontity reads that content through the WordPress REST API and renders the pages with React. A project starts with npx frontity create, is built with npx frontity build, and runs as a Node.js server on a different host from the WordPress one. The build folder can go to any hosting that serves Node.js apps, and the deployment guide covers Vercel, Layer0 and Heroku. The code is copyrighted by Worona Labs SL, and Automattic acquired the project.
Worth knowing
The README, the homepage and the legal page all say the framework is no longer under active development, and the repository is archived. A project built on it needs a WordPress site for content and a Node.js host for the front end, so both have to stay running.
Identity
Rendering and deploy
- Runs as
- Always on4
- Rendering
- On a server1
- Install with
- npx frontity create4
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-23: Status, description, Categories, Built on, Rendering, links
github.com/frontity/frontity/blob/dev/README.md - 2026-10-23: Status, name
frontity.org/legal/ - 2026-10-23: Status, links, Written in, License, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/frontity/frontity - 2026-10-23: links, Runs as, Install with
frontity.org/ - 2026-10-23: links, Runtime
docs.frontity.org/getting-started - 2026-10-23: License model
github.com/frontity/frontity/blob/dev/LICENSE - 2026-10-23: Maintainer
raw.githubusercontent.com/frontity/frontity/dev/LICENSE - 2026-10-23: Owned by
frontity.org/blog/frontity-is-joining-automattic/ - 2026-10-23: First release, Current major version, Last release
api.github.com/repos/frontity/frontity/releases - 2026-10-23: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/frontity/frontity/contributors - 2026-10-23: npm downloads a week
api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/frontity - 2026-10-25: Sites using it (HTTP Archive)
cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies - 2026-10-25: Dependent repositories, Dependent packages
packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/frontity