# Observable Framework

Static site generator for data apps, dashboards and reports, with JavaScript on the front end and any language on the back end for data analysis.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/observable-framework/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-21
Listed since: 2026-10-21

## Record

### Links

- home: https://observablehq.com/framework/
- repository: https://github.com/observablehq/framework
- docs: https://observablehq.com/framework/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Observable, Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ssg
- hosting: static
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: node 18
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: static
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: npx create (npm package @observablehq/framework)

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: ISC

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-03-02

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 3669
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 6655
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/observablehq/framework (read 2026-10-21)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/observablehq/framework (read 2026-10-21)
- urls: https://github.com/observablehq/framework/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-21)
- maintainer: https://github.com/observablehq/framework/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-21)
- category: https://github.com/observablehq/framework/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-21)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/observablehq/framework (read 2026-10-21)
- runtime: https://github.com/observablehq/framework/blob/main/docs/getting-started.md (read 2026-10-21)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/observablehq/framework/blob/main/docs/getting-started.md (read 2026-10-21)
- installMethod: https://github.com/observablehq/framework/blob/main/docs/getting-started.md (read 2026-10-21)
- renderingModes: https://github.com/observablehq/framework/blob/main/docs/getting-started.md (read 2026-10-21)
- runsAs: https://github.com/observablehq/framework/blob/main/docs/deploying.md (read 2026-10-21)
- license: https://github.com/observablehq/framework/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-21)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/observablehq/framework (read 2026-10-21)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/observablehq/framework/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-21)
- currentMajor: https://registry.npmjs.org/@observablehq/framework/latest (read 2026-10-21)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/observablehq/framework/releases/latest (read 2026-10-21)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/observablehq/framework (read 2026-10-21)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/@observablehq/framework (read 2026-10-21)

## Notes

Observable Framework is a free, open-source static site generator for data apps, dashboards and reports. Its repository describes it as combining JavaScript on the front end, for interactive graphics, with any language on the back end, for data analysis. It is published to npm as @observablehq/framework and started with npx to create a project. The build produces a static site, which can be uploaded to any static site hosting service or served by a static site server.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0