# Harp

Node.js static web server that serves Markdown, EJS, Jade, Sass and other source files as HTML, CSS and JavaScript, and compiles them into a static folder.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://harp.sh
- repository: https://github.com/sintaxi/harp
- docs: https://harp.sh/docs/quick-start

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: sintaxi
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2012
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ssg
- hosting: node, static
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: node 18
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: flat-file
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: ejs, jade
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: static, always-on, local
- renderingModes: static, server
- installMethod: npm

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-07-06

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 4996
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 270
- contributors: 30
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 1109
- dependentPackages: 82

### Sources

- urls: https://harp.sh (read 2026-10-21)
- urls: https://github.com/sintaxi/harp (read 2026-10-21)
- urls: https://harp.sh/docs/quick-start (read 2026-10-21)
- firstRelease: https://registry.npmjs.org/harp (read 2026-10-21)
- maintainer: https://github.com/sintaxi/harp/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-21)
- language: https://github.com/sintaxi/harp (read 2026-10-21)
- category: https://github.com/sintaxi/harp/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-21)
- category: https://harp.sh/docs/quick-start (read 2026-10-21)
- runtime: https://harp.sh/docs/quick-start (read 2026-10-21)
- runtimeMin: https://registry.npmjs.org/harp/latest (read 2026-10-21)
- installMethod: https://harp.sh/docs/quick-start (read 2026-10-21)
- contentStore: https://harp.sh/docs/quick-start (read 2026-10-21)
- templating: https://harp.sh/docs (read 2026-10-21)
- templating: https://harp.sh/docs (read 2026-10-21)
- renderingModes: https://harp.sh/docs/quick-start (read 2026-10-21)
- renderingModes: https://harp.sh/docs/quick-start (read 2026-10-21)
- runsAs: https://harp.sh/docs/quick-start (read 2026-10-21)
- runsAs: https://harp.sh/docs/quick-start (read 2026-10-21)
- runsAs: https://harp.sh/docs (read 2026-10-21)
- license: https://github.com/sintaxi/harp/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-21)
- currentMajor: https://registry.npmjs.org/harp/latest (read 2026-10-21)
- latestReleaseDate: https://registry.npmjs.org/harp (read 2026-10-21)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/sintaxi/harp (read 2026-10-21)
- contributors: https://github.com/sintaxi/harp (read 2026-10-21)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/harp (read 2026-10-21)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/harp (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/harp (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Harp is a static web server with built-in preprocessing. It compiles Markdown, EJS, Jade, LESS, Sass, Stylus and CoffeeScript into HTML, CSS and JavaScript as the browser needs them. Layouts and partials are supported, and metadata is read from a _data.json file. The same tool can write the compiled output to a flat folder for any static host, or run as the web server itself.

The [quick start](https://harp.sh/docs/quick-start) covers installing the npm package, serving a project and compiling it.

## Worth knowing

Harp does not reload the browser when a file changes. The quick start says to refresh the page by hand.

The [Harp Platform](https://harp.sh/docs/deployment/harp-platform) is a hosted service for Harp apps through Dropbox.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0