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Lift

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

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.

Identity

Status
Active
Maintainer
Lift Committers and Contributors4
Maintained by
Community
First release
20088

Rendering and deploy

Runs as
Always on3
Install with
sbt new with lift/basic-app.g8 or lift/blank-app.g83

Releases

Current major version
46
Last release
2026-05-176

Adoption

GitHub stars
1,2832
Contributors
837

Why these figures do not compare

Sources

  1. 2026-10-26: links, License model
    liftweb.net/
  2. 2026-10-26: links, Written in, License, GitHub stars
    api.github.com/repos/lift/framework
  3. 2026-10-26: links, Runtime, Categories, Install with, Runs as
    github.com/lift/framework/blob/main/README.md
  4. 2026-10-26: Maintainer
    github.com/lift/framework/blob/main/build.sbt
  5. 2026-10-26: License
    github.com/lift/framework/blob/main/LICENSE.txt
  6. 2026-10-26: Current major version, Last release
    api.github.com/repos/lift/framework/releases
  7. 2026-10-26: Contributors
    api.github.com/repos/lift/framework/contributors?per_page=1
  8. 2026-10-26: First release
    search.maven.org/solrsearch/select?q=g:net.liftweb+AND+a:lift-webkit&core=gav&rows=200&wt=json

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