# LoopBack 4

Node.js and TypeScript framework for building APIs and microservices.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://loopback.io
- repository: https://github.com/loopbackio/loopback-next
- docs: https://loopback.io/doc/en/lb4/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: IBM Corp. and LoopBack contributors
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2018
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: framework, backend
- hosting: node
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: node 20
- basedOn: express

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: npm create loopback

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 7
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-08-18

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 5101
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 21870
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 1919
- dependentPackages: 392

### Sources

- urls: https://loopback.io (read 2026-10-21)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/loopbackio/loopback-next (read 2026-10-21)
- urls: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/loopbackio/loopback-next/master/README.md (read 2026-10-21)
- category: https://loopback.io (read 2026-10-21)
- basedOn: https://loopback.io/doc/en/lb4/ (read 2026-10-21)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/loopbackio/loopback-next (read 2026-10-21)
- runtime: https://registry.npmjs.org/@loopback/core (read 2026-10-21)
- runtimeMin: https://registry.npmjs.org/@loopback/core (read 2026-10-21)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/loopbackio/loopback-next/master/README.md (read 2026-10-21)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/loopbackio/loopback-next/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-21)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/loopbackio/loopback-next/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-21)
- firstRelease: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/loopbackio/loopback-next/master/README.md (read 2026-10-21)
- currentMajor: https://registry.npmjs.org/@loopback/core (read 2026-10-21)
- latestReleaseDate: https://registry.npmjs.org/@loopback/core (read 2026-10-21)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/loopbackio/loopback-next (read 2026-10-21)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/@loopback/core (read 2026-10-21)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40loopback%2Fcore (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40loopback%2Fcore (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

LoopBack 4 is a Node.js and TypeScript framework for building APIs and microservices, based on Express. A project is generated with `npm create loopback`. The copyright line names IBM Corp. and LoopBack contributors.

## Worth knowing

LoopBack 3 reached end of life at the end of 2020; this record covers LoopBack 4, which the homepage lists as active. The README states that no long-term support version exists yet for LoopBack 4.

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