sveltejs

    sveltejs/svelte

    web development for the rest of us

    88.7K stars
    6.8K forks
    921 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 7, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 12 days ago, with 412 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #28 in the weekly ranking the week of Nov 2, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Compiles declarative UI components into highly efficient JavaScript that updates the DOM surgically.
    • Eliminates the runtime overhead by shifting work to compile time, resulting in faster and smaller web applications.
    • Use for building reactive, component-based web applications with minimal boilerplate and optimized performance.
    • Use for developers seeking a modern alternative to traditional frameworks that compiles away the framework itself.
    • Use for creating lightweight single-page applications that require fast load times and smooth user interactions.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present
    • Code of conduct: present

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    From the README

    Svelte is a new way to build web applications. It's a compiler that takes your declarative components and converts them into efficient JavaScript that surgically updates the DOM.

    Learn more at the Svelte website, or stop by the Discord chatroom.

    Excerpt from the sveltejs/svelte README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Aug 16: +10Sep 20: +18Sep 27: +8Sep 28: +18Oct 7: +0Oct 8: +7Oct 31: +8Nov 1: +12Nov 2: +14Nov 3: +13Nov 4: +14Nov 5: +5Nov 8: +6

    +709 stars over 85 days across 22 snapshot days; best day +18 on Sep 20.

    Forks

    6.8K+1.6K

    Open issues

    1.3K+171

    Compared with peers in API

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    sveltejs/svelte88.7K—6412 days ago
    BenedictKing/ccx4.0K—32117 days ago
    Category median6.1K+62475—

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