Monorepo for LoopBack 4 - A highly extensible Node.js and TypeScript framework for building APIs and microservices
npm install loopback-next-temp-patch








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
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.
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 |
| ---------- | ----------- | --------- | -------------------- |
| LoopBack 4 | Current | Oct 2018 | Apr 2025 _(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.
Make sure you have the following installed:
| Package | Version/-s | Link | Note |
| ------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Node.js | Maintenance LTS (_v14_)
Active LTS (_v16_)
Current (_v17_ & _v18_) | https://nodejs.org/en/about/releases/ | The use of the current version for production is not recommended. |
Install LoopBack 4 CLI to help create new projects as follows:
``shell``
npm i -g @loopback/cli
To create your first LoopBack 4 application, see
Getting Started.
- Official documentation
- API documentation
- FAQ
- LoopBack 3 vs LoopBack 4
- Tutorials
- Examples
See the following resources to get you started:
- Contributing Guidelines
- Monorepo overview
- Developing LoopBack
You can join the team by posting a comment to
issue #110.
If you think you have discovered a new security issue with any LoopBack package,
please do not report it on GitHub. Instead, send an email to
security@loopback.io with a full description and
steps to reproduce.
See SECURITY.md for more details.
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| :---------------------------------------------: |
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See
all contributors.
- @ritch
- @superkhau
- @rashmihunt
- @kjdelisle
- @virkt25
- @shimks
- @b-admike
- @deepakrkris
- @bajtos
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- @emonddr
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