# Meteor

JavaScript application platform for building web and mobile applications.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.meteor.com
- repository: https://github.com/meteor/meteor
- docs: https://docs.meteor.com
- plugins: https://atmospherejs.com/
- x: https://x.com/meteorjs
- discord: https://discord.gg/hZkTCaVjmT
- forum: https://forums.meteor.com/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Meteor Software Ltd.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: framework
- hosting: node
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: npx meteor

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 3
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-09-08

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 44793
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 1644
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 824
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 13
- dependentPackages: 4

### Sources

- urls: https://github.com/meteor/meteor (read 2026-10-21)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/meteor/meteor (read 2026-10-21)
- urls: https://github.com/meteor/meteor (read 2026-10-21)
- category: https://api.github.com/repos/meteor/meteor (read 2026-10-21)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/meteor/meteor (read 2026-10-21)
- runtime: https://docs.meteor.com/about/install.html (read 2026-10-21)
- installMethod: https://docs.meteor.com/about/install.html (read 2026-10-21)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/meteor/meteor/devel/LICENSE (read 2026-10-21)
- currentMajor: https://registry.npmjs.org/meteor/latest (read 2026-10-21)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/meteor/meteor/releases/latest (read 2026-10-21)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/meteor/meteor/devel/LICENSE (read 2026-10-21)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/meteor/meteor (read 2026-10-21)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/meteor (read 2026-10-21)
- urls: https://github.com/meteor/meteor (read 2026-10-21)
- databases: https://docs.meteor.com/tutorials/deployment/deployment.html (read 2026-10-21)
- runsAs: https://docs.meteor.com/tutorials/deployment/deployment.html (read 2026-10-21)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/meteor (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/meteor (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Meteor is a JavaScript platform for web and mobile applications. The meteor command line tool creates a project, asking for a frontend framework, and runs it during development; the README links tutorials for React, Blaze, Vue, Svelte and Solid. Packages for Meteor are published on [Atmosphere](https://atmospherejs.com/).

For production, `meteor build` produces a bundle that is a plain Node.js application. The [deployment guide](https://docs.meteor.com/tutorials/deployment/deployment.html) describes it as a websocket-based Node.js app, started with a MongoDB connection string, so the host needs a running Node.js process and access to a MongoDB server.

## Worth knowing

Galaxy, a hosted platform from the creators of Meteor, deploys Meteor apps from a git push. The npm package named meteor is only the installer for the command line tool, and the [install guide](https://docs.meteor.com/about/install.html) says not to add it to a project's package.json.

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