# Lift

Scala web framework for building interactive web applications that run on Java servlet containers.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/lift/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-26
Listed since: 2026-10-26

## Record

### Links

- home: https://liftweb.net/
- repository: https://github.com/lift/framework
- docs: https://github.com/lift/framework/blob/main/README.md
- plugins: https://liftweb.net/lift_modules
- forum: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/liftweb

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Lift Committers and Contributors
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2008
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: framework
- hosting: java
- language: scala
- runtime: jvm
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: sbt new with lift/basic-app.g8 or lift/blank-app.g8

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 4
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-05-17

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 1283
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 83
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://liftweb.net/ (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/lift/framework (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://github.com/lift/framework/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainer: https://github.com/lift/framework/blob/main/build.sbt (read 2026-10-26)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/lift/framework (read 2026-10-26)
- runtime: https://github.com/lift/framework/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- category: https://github.com/lift/framework/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://github.com/lift/framework/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://github.com/lift/framework/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- runsAs: https://github.com/lift/framework/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/lift/framework (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://github.com/lift/framework/blob/main/LICENSE.txt (read 2026-10-26)
- licenseModel: https://liftweb.net/ (read 2026-10-26)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/lift/framework/releases (read 2026-10-26)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/lift/framework/releases (read 2026-10-26)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/lift/framework (read 2026-10-26)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/lift/framework/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-26)
- firstRelease: https://search.maven.org/solrsearch/select?q=g:net.liftweb+AND+a:lift-webkit&core=gav&rows=200&wt=json (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://github.com/lift/framework/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-26)

## Notes

Lift is a web framework for Scala that runs on the JVM. Applications are created with sbt, using the lift/basic-app.g8 or lift/blank-app.g8 templates. Lift applications are deployed to a Java servlet container or application server, so they run as long-lived server processes.

## Worth knowing

The README's compatibility table gives Java 11 as the minimum for the 4.0 line.

The persistence components, Mapper and Record, have been removed from the main repository; projects that rely on them stay on an earlier release line or use another ORM.

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