# Shoelace

Library of web components built with Lit, sunset in favor of Web Awesome.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/shoelace/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-28

## Record

### Links

- home: https://shoelace.style
- repository: https://github.com/shoelace-style/shoelace
- docs: https://shoelace.style/getting-started/installation
- x: https://twitter.com/shoelace_style
- discord: https://discord.gg/mg8f26C
- forum: https://github.com/shoelace-style/shoelace/discussions

### Identity

- status: discontinued
- maintainer: A Beautiful Site, LLC
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2017
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ui-library
- hosting: not applicable
- language: javascript
- runtime: unknown
- runtimeMin: not applicable
- basedOn: lit

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: not applicable
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: CDN script (jsDelivr)

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2025-03-11

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 13823
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 169869
- contributors: 173
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 197
- dependentPackages: 139

### Sources

- status: https://github.com/shoelace-style/shoelace/blob/next/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://shoelace.style/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://github.com/shoelace-style/shoelace (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://shoelace.style/getting-started/installation (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://github.com/shoelace-style/shoelace/blob/next/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://github.com/shoelace-style/shoelace (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://shoelace.style/ (read 2026-10-28)
- basedOn: https://shoelace.style/getting-started/usage (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://shoelace.style/getting-started/installation (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://shoelace.style/getting-started/installation (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://github.com/shoelace-style/shoelace (read 2026-10-28)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/shoelace-style/shoelace (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/shoelace-style/shoelace/releases/tag/v2.20.1 (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/shoelace-style/shoelace/releases/tag/v2.20.1 (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/shoelace-style/shoelace/releases/tag/1.0.0-beta1 (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/shoelace-style/shoelace (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://github.com/shoelace-style/shoelace (read 2026-10-28)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-09-28:2026-10-04/@shoelace-style/shoelace (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40shoelace-style%2Fshoelace (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40shoelace-style%2Fshoelace (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

Shoelace is a library of web components built with Lit, distributed through npm and jsDelivr. The project no longer has active development: its README and documentation say it is sunset, and they direct issues and feature requests to Web Awesome, the successor project.

## Worth knowing

The repository is archived on GitHub.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0