# Saturn

F# web framework that implements the server-side MVC pattern on top of ASP.NET Core and Giraffe.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://saturnframework.org
- repository: https://github.com/SaturnFramework/Saturn
- docs: https://saturnframework.org/explanations/overview.html

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Lambda Factory
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2017
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: framework
- hosting: dotnet
- language: fsharp
- runtime: dotnet
- runtimeMin: dotnet 6.0
- basedOn: giraffe

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: server
- installMethod: dotnet new template (Saturn.Template)

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2024-04-18

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 727
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 50
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://saturnframework.org/ (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/SaturnFramework/Saturn (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://saturnframework.org/explanations/overview.html (read 2026-10-26)
- category: https://saturnframework.org/explanations/overview.html (read 2026-10-26)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/SaturnFramework/Saturn (read 2026-10-26)
- runtime: https://github.com/SaturnFramework/Saturn/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- runtimeMin: https://api.nuget.org/v3-flatcontainer/saturn/0.17.0/saturn.nuspec (read 2026-10-26)
- runsAs: https://saturnframework.org/explanations/overview.html (read 2026-10-26)
- basedOn: https://saturnframework.org/explanations/overview.html (read 2026-10-26)
- renderingModes: https://saturnframework.org/explanations/overview.html (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://saturnframework.org/tutorials/how-to-start.html (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/SaturnFramework/Saturn (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://github.com/SaturnFramework/Saturn/blob/main/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-26)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/SaturnFramework/Saturn/blob/main/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainer: https://github.com/SaturnFramework/Saturn/blob/main/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-26)
- firstRelease: https://api.nuget.org/v3/catalog0/data/2018.12.04.15.02.33/saturn.0.0.1.json (read 2026-10-26)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/SaturnFramework/Saturn/releases (read 2026-10-26)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/SaturnFramework/Saturn/releases (read 2026-10-26)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/SaturnFramework/Saturn (read 2026-10-26)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/SaturnFramework/Saturn/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-26)

## Notes

Saturn is a web framework written in F# that implements the server-side MVC pattern. The [overview page](https://saturnframework.org/explanations/overview.html) says it is built on top of ASP.NET Core and Giraffe.

New projects come from a dotnet template, installed with the dotnet CLI, and the [getting-started guide](https://saturnframework.org/tutorials/how-to-start.html) walks through creating a project and running it. The guide says the code generator uses only SQLite.

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