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Dev tools · July 8, 2017

Gatsby

Blazing fast static site generator for React

Gatsby launched on July 8, 2017 with 476 votes, #23 of 2,972 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

In plain words

Gatsby is a static site generator built for React developers who want to build fast websites. It takes React components and generates pre-rendered HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files that load quickly in browsers. The tool is designed for developers building blogs, portfolios, documentation sites, and other web projects where performance matters. Gatsby handles the complexity of optimization automatically, letting developers focus on writing React code.

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From the sources

Gatsby is a React-based open source framework with performance, scalability and security built-in. Collaborate, build and deploy 1000x faster on Netlify.

Netlify announces the next evolution of Gatsby Cloud. Learn more Netlify is offering all Gatsby Cloud customers easy migration paths to Netlify to unite two industry-leading platforms into one. Build a fast, secure, and powerful website using our React-based, open-source framework. Want further flexibility? Achieve that with SSR, DSG, and Cloud Functions . Integrate different content, APIs, and services seamlessly into one web experience. Say goodbye to glue code, and hello to our unified GraphQL data layer ! Gatsby is powered by the amazing Gatsby community and Gatsby, thefrom gatsbyjs.com

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