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Svelte

web development for the rest of us

Svelte is an open-source web framework project on GitHub under the MIT license (permissive), with 89k stars. It is built with V8. Its last push was today.

Stars
89k
License
MIT
Activity
Active
Latest release
svelte@5.57.3

Code on GitHub Website

Judgement

What it is
Framework or platform
What it does
A compiler-based UI framework that turns components into efficient JavaScript, with SvelteKit for full apps.
Adopt it when
You want small bundles and simple component code for a new front end.
Watch out
Svelte 5's runes changed the programming model, and the ecosystem is smaller than React's.
Ready for
Production-ready
Runs as
Library
Built with
JavaScript and TypeScript
How established
Established: started 10 years ago, latest release svelte@5.57.3.
What the license allows
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

V8

Follow it down: Svelte → V8 → LLVM project → runs on a microchip

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

Built on Svelte: 33 projects

  1. 1
    Open WebUI open-webui

    User-friendly AI Interface (Supports Ollama, OpenAI API, ...)

    Complete system Production-ready You run local or private models and want a full-featured chat front end for yourself or a team.

    ★ 158k See repository Python Active, pushed today
  2. 2
    Coolify coollabsio

    An open-source, self-hostable PaaS alternative to Vercel, Heroku & Netlify that lets you easily deploy static sites, databases, full-stack applications and 360+ one-click services on your own servers.

    Complete system Production-ready You want push-to-deploy convenience on your own VPS fleet without Kubernetes.

    ★ 66k Apache-2.0 PHP Active, pushed today
  3. 3
    Platform hcengineering

    Huly — All-in-One Project Management Platform (alternative to Linear, Jira, Slack, Notion, Motion)

    Complete system Usable Only for existing installs; new users should look at the Platform-Collective fork.

    ★ 28k EPL-2.0 TypeScript Active, pushed 5 days ago
  4. 4
    Graphite GraphiteEditor

    Community-built comprehensive 2D content creation appplication for graphic design, digital art, and interactive real-time motion graphics powered by a node-based procedural graphics engine

    Complete system Experimental You want to experiment with procedural, non-destructive 2D design in an open-source tool.

    ★ 28k Apache-2.0 Rust Active, pushed today
  5. 5
    Boardgame.io boardgameio

    State Management and Multiplayer Networking for Turn-Based Games

    Framework or platform Usable You are building an online board or card game in JavaScript.

    ★ 12k MIT TypeScript Active, pushed 3 days ago
  6. 6
    Pocket ID pocket-id

    The most user-friendly OpenID Connect Certified™ and OAuth 2.0 provider that lets users sign in to your applications with passkeys.

    Building block Usable You want single sign-on with passkeys for a homelab or small team without Keycloak's complexity.

    ★ 9.9k BSD-2-Clause Go Active, pushed today
  7. 7
    Evidence evidence-dev

    Business intelligence as code: build fast, interactive data visualizations in SQL and markdown

    Framework or platform Usable Analytics engineers want version-controlled reports that live in git instead of a drag-and-drop BI tool.

    ★ 7.1k MIT TypeScript Active, pushed 2 days ago
  8. 8
    Kener rajnandan1

    Stunning status pages, batteries included!

    Complete system Usable You want a good-looking public status page you host yourself.

    ★ 5.2k MIT TypeScript Active, pushed 2 days ago
  9. 9
    Mathesar mathesar-foundation

    An intuitive spreadsheet-like interface that lets users of all technical skill levels view, edit, query, and collaborate on Postgres data directly. 100% open source and self hosted, with native Postgres access control.

    Complete system Usable Non-technical colleagues need to work with data in an existing Postgres database and you want them to use the real tables, not a copy.

    ★ 5.2k GPL-3.0 Svelte Active, pushed 6 days ago
  10. 10
    Paisa ananthakumaran

    Paisa – Personal Finance Manager. https://paisa.fyi demo: https://demo.paisa.fyi

    Complete system Usable You keep or want to keep personal books in ledger format and want visual reports on top.

    ★ 3.2k AGPL-3.0 TypeScript Active, pushed 16 days ago
  11. 11
    Sveltia CMS sveltia

    Leading Git-based headless CMS. Successor to Netlify/Decap CMS. Modern UX, first-class i18n support, mobile support + numerous improvements. Framework-agnostic, open source & free.

    Building block Usable You run a static site with Decap or Netlify CMS, or want one, and prefer an actively developed drop-in replacement.

    ★ 3k MIT JavaScript Active, pushed today
  12. 12
    Svelte Commerce itswadesh

    Open-source headless SvelteKit storefront for 26 commerce backends — Medusa, Shopify, Saleor, Vendure, WooCommerce, Litekart and more — plus GoCommerce via an early connector.

    Template or starter Usable You want a fast, SEO-friendly storefront in Svelte on top of an existing commerce backend.

    ★ 1.8k MIT Svelte Active, pushed yesterday
  13. 13
    ClassroomIO classroomio

    ClassroomIO is an Intelligent Customer Training Platform that helps SaaS companies use education to grow their business.

    Complete system Usable A SaaS company wants a customer academy and prefers open source.

    ★ 1.7k AGPL-3.0 TypeScript Active, pushed 7 days ago
  14. 14
    BetterCapture jsattler

    The macOS screen recorder for the rest of us - always free and open source with a native look and feel 📺

    Complete system Usable You want a free, native Mac recorder with high-quality codecs.

    ★ 1.7k MIT Swift Active, pushed 2 months ago
  15. 15
    Cryptgeon cupcakearmy

    cryptgeon is a secure, open source note / file sharing service inspired by PrivNote written in rust & svelte.

    Complete system Usable You want a self-hosted one-time secret link service with client-side encryption.

    ★ 1.6k MIT Svelte Active, pushed 13 days ago
  16. 16
    Rauthy sebadob

    Single Sign-On Identity & Access Management via OpenID Connect, OAuth 2, PAM

    Complete system Usable You want a small, low-resource OIDC provider for self-hosted apps instead of Keycloak.

    ★ 1.4k Apache-2.0 Rust Active, pushed 4 days ago
  17. 17
    Invio kittendevv

    Self-hosted invoicing without the bloat.

    Complete system Usable A freelancer wants simple self-hosted invoicing with European e-invoice output.

    ★ 1.2k Unlicense TypeScript Active, pushed 14 days ago
  18. 18
    Servas beromir

    A self-hosted bookmark management tool.

    Complete system Usable You want a simple multi-user bookmark app on a PHP stack.

    ★ 839 GPL-3.0 Svelte Active, pushed 5 days ago
  19. 19
    LogTide logtide-dev

    🛡️ Open-source, self-hosted log management. Privacy-first alternative to Datadog & ELK. Lightweight, GDPR-compliant, and deployed in minutes with Docker.

    Complete system Experimental A small team wants simple self-hosted logging in Docker without the weight of ELK.

    ★ 457 AGPL-3.0 TypeScript Active, pushed 3 days ago
  20. 20
    Leed_pdf_viewer rudi-q

    Open-source PDF annotation and drawing tool built for privacy. Sketch and annotate PDFs with natural pen-like precision, drawing tablet support. SvelteKit + Tauri.

    Complete system Usable Teachers, students or reviewers want to hand-annotate PDFs privately with a stylus.

    ★ 446 AGPL-3.0 Svelte Active, pushed 15 days ago

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  4. 4
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  5. 5
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