# Turbo

JavaScript framework from Hotwire that updates server-rendered web applications by sending HTML over the wire.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://turbo.hotwired.dev/
- repository: https://github.com/hotwired/turbo
- docs: https://turbo.hotwired.dev/handbook/introduction
- forum: https://discuss.hotwired.dev

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: 37signals LLC
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2020
- hqCountry: US

### 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: jsDelivr script tag

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 8
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-01-29

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 7399
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 1126219
- contributors: 120
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 19598
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 3505
- dependentPackages: 32

### Sources

- urls: https://turbo.hotwired.dev/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/hotwired/turbo (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://turbo.hotwired.dev/handbook/introduction (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://turbo.hotwired.dev/handbook/installing (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://turbo.hotwired.dev/ (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/hotwired/turbo (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://turbo.hotwired.dev/handbook/installing (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://turbo.hotwired.dev/handbook/installing (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://turbo.hotwired.dev/handbook/installing (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://turbo.hotwired.dev/handbook/installing (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://turbo.hotwired.dev/handbook/installing (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://github.com/hotwired/turbo (read 2026-10-28)
- hqCountry: https://37signals.com/policies/privacy (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/hotwired/turbo/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/hotwired/turbo (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/hotwired/turbo/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/hotwired/turbo/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/hotwired/turbo (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/hotwired/turbo/contributors (read 2026-10-28)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-09-28:2026-10-04/@hotwired/turbo (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40hotwired%2Fturbo (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40hotwired%2Fturbo (read 2026-10-28)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://turbo.hotwired.dev/handbook/introduction (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

Turbo is a JavaScript framework from Hotwire. The server delivers HTML, and Turbo applies it to the page: Turbo Drive handles links and form submissions, Turbo Frames update independent parts of a page, and Turbo Streams apply changes sent over WebSocket or SSE, or returned from a form submission.

A page loads Turbo from a jsDelivr script tag, from a download of the compiled packages from unpkg, or from npm as `@hotwired/turbo`. It can also be installed with yarn, and Rails applications get it through the `turbo-rails` gem.

## Worth knowing

For JavaScript that Turbo does not cover, the project names Stimulus, which has its own record.

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