# Luminus

Clojure web framework built from a set of lightweight libraries, with a Leiningen template that generates new web applications.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://luminusweb.com
- repository: https://github.com/luminus-framework/luminus-template
- docs: https://luminusweb.com/docs/guestbook

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Dmitri Sotnikov
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2013
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: postgres, mysql, sqlite, mongodb
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: selmer
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: lein new luminus, then lein run (Leiningen)

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 4
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-02-27

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 649
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 128
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://luminusweb.com/ (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/luminus-framework/luminus-template (read 2026-10-26)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/luminus-framework/luminus-template/commits/v0.5.2 (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/luminus-framework/luminus-template/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-26)
- category: https://luminusweb.com/ (read 2026-10-26)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/luminus-framework/luminus-template (read 2026-10-26)
- runtime: https://luminusweb.com/ (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/luminus-framework/luminus-template/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://luminusweb.com/ (read 2026-10-26)
- licenseModel: https://luminusweb.com/ (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://luminusweb.com/ (read 2026-10-26)
- runsAs: https://luminusweb.com/docs/deployment (read 2026-10-26)
- databases: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/luminus-framework/luminus-template/master/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- databases: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/luminus-framework/luminus-template/master/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- databases: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/luminus-framework/luminus-template/master/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- databases: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/luminus-framework/luminus-template/master/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- databases: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/luminus-framework/luminus-template/master/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/luminus-framework/luminus-template (read 2026-10-26)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/luminus-framework/luminus-template/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-26)
- currentMajor: https://clojars.org/api/artifacts/luminus/lein-template (read 2026-10-26)
- latestReleaseDate: https://clojars.org/luminus/lein-template (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://luminusweb.com/docs/guestbook (read 2026-10-26)
- templating: https://luminusweb.com/docs/guestbook (read 2026-10-26)

## Notes

Luminus is a Clojure web framework built from a set of libraries. Applications are created with a Leiningen template, using `lein new luminus my-app`, and the template adds options for the web server, the database, ClojureScript and other features as profiles. Pages are rendered with Selmer templates. A generated app runs on the JVM with an embedded Jetty server by default, and `lein uberjar` builds a standalone JAR.

The [deployment guide](https://luminusweb.com/docs/deployment) covers running the JAR directly, deploying a WAR file to Apache Tomcat, deploying to WildFly, running on a VPS under systemd, and deploying to Heroku.

## Worth knowing

The homepage names [Kit](https://kit-clj.github.io/) as a successor to Luminus. The template's README marks its Immutant server option as no longer funded or maintained, and that option is one of the server choices the template offers.

---

Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Attributes are recorded, never scored; absent means unknown.
Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0