LoopBack makes it easy to build modern applications that require complex integrations.
- Fast, small, powerful, extensible core
- Generate real APIs with a single command
- Define your data and endpoints with OpenAPI
- No maintenance of generated code
Status: General Availability
LoopBack 4 GA (General Availability) has been released in October 2018, read more in the announcement post.
The documentation website is https://loopback.io/doc/en/lb4/.
Learn about the latest and greatest features and technologies in LoopBack 4 by using it for your next project. Start by having a look at Getting Started.
Check the API documentation for all the API usages in each package.
Long Term Support
We don't provide any LTS version for LoopBack 4 yet. Please join the discussion in loopback-next#4398 if you are interested in a version that's less frequently changed.
We are providing Maintenance support for LoopBack 3 until December 2020.
| Version | Status | Published | EOL |
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| LoopBack 4 | Current | Oct 2018 | Apr 2023 (minimum) |
| LoopBack 3 | End-of-Life | Dec 2016 | Dec 2020 |
| LoopBack 2 | End-of-Life | Jul 2014 | Apr 2019 |
Please refer to our Long Term Support Policy for more details.
Installation
Make sure you have the following installed:
- Node.js >= 10.16
Install LoopBack 4 CLI to help create new projects as follows:
npm i -g @loopback/cliTo create your first LoopBack 4 application, see Getting Started.
Documentation
Contributing
See the following resources to get you started:
You can join the team by posting a comment to issue #110.
Security
If you think you have discovered a new security issue with any StrongLoop package, please do not report it on GitHub. Instead, send an email to reachsl@us.ibm.com with a full description and steps to reproduce.
See SECURITY.md for more details.
Team
Project Architects
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Project Maintainers
| Diana Lau | Janny Hou | Hage Yaapa |
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| Agnes Lin | Mario Estrada | Hugo Da Roit |
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| Rifa Achrinza | Francisco Buceta | Matthew Schnee |
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| Nora Abdelgadir | Madaky | Nico Flaig |
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See all contributors.