# Stimulus

JavaScript framework that attaches controller objects to HTML through data attributes, for static or server-rendered pages.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/stimulus/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-23
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-23

## Record

### Links

- home: https://stimulus.hotwired.dev/
- repository: https://github.com/hotwired/stimulus
- docs: https://stimulus.hotwired.dev/handbook/installing
- forum: https://discuss.hotwired.dev/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Basecamp, LLC
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2018
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: browser
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: npm package @hotwired/stimulus added to a JavaScript bundle, or stimulus.js imported in a script tag

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 3
- latestReleaseDate: 2023-08-07

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 13105
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 480996
- contributors: 98
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 128976
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 7204
- dependentPackages: 189

### Sources

- urls: https://stimulus.hotwired.dev/ (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/hotwired/stimulus (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://stimulus.hotwired.dev/handbook/installing (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://stimulus.hotwired.dev/handbook/introduction (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/hotwired/stimulus (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://stimulus.hotwired.dev/handbook/installing (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/hotwired/stimulus (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://github.com/hotwired/stimulus/blob/main/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://stimulus.hotwired.dev/ (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/hotwired/stimulus/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/hotwired/stimulus/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/hotwired/stimulus/releases/latest (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/hotwired/stimulus (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/hotwired/stimulus/contributors (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://github.com/hotwired/stimulus/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/@hotwired/stimulus (read 2026-10-23)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40hotwired%2Fstimulus (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40hotwired%2Fstimulus (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Stimulus is a JavaScript framework that connects controller objects to HTML through `data-controller` attributes. It watches the page for those attributes and creates a controller instance for each element that carries one. It is installed as an npm package added to a JavaScript bundle, or imported in a script tag.

Stimulus does not render HTML itself. The handbook describes it as designed to enhance static or server-rendered HTML.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0