Imba
Friendly full-stack programming language for the web that compiles to JavaScript.
Imba is a full-stack programming language for the web that compiles to JavaScript. Its README says it replaces Vue or React on the frontend and works with the Node ecosystem on the backend, with a built-in bundler based on esbuild and styles written inside the code. A new project starts with npm create imba, which runs the create-imba scaffolder and offers a client-only application, a full-stack application with an Express server, a module, or a CLI tool.
Worth knowing
The README says the tooling is still in alpha. The npm latest tag points at a prerelease of the next major line, and the newest stable release on npm predates it.
Identity
- Status
- Active
- Maintainer
- Sindre Aarsaether4
- Maintained by
- Individual4
- First release
- 20153
Rendering and deploy
- Runs as
- In the browser, Always on6
- Install with
- npm create imba6
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-27: links
imba.io/ - 2026-10-27: links, Written in, License, License model, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/imba/imba - 2026-10-27: First release, Current major version, Last release
registry.npmjs.org/imba - 2026-10-27: Maintainer, Maintained by
raw.githubusercontent.com/imba/imba/main/LICENSE - 2026-10-27: Categories, Runtime
github.com/imba/imba/blob/main/packages/imba/readme.md - 2026-10-27: Install with, Runs as
github.com/imba/imba/blob/main/packages/create-imba/README.md - 2026-10-27: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/imba/imba/contributors - 2026-10-28: npm downloads a week
api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-09-28:2026-10-04/imba - 2026-10-27: Dependent repositories, Dependent packages
packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/imba