Frameworks on Fleek
As you begin building on Fleek, you may be curious which types of projects you can build and any limitations that the use of our platform imposes. We aim to be a one-size-fits-all platform for a wide swath of use cases, and with that in mind have designed the platform to accommodate a variety of frameworks without requiring a cumbersome setup.
Which frameworks does Fleek support?
Fleek supports a variety of frameworks and libraries for building sites and applications. It is largely framework-agnostic, though applications that leverage more popular frameworks can be auto-detected and configured with appropriate build settings, whereas applications built using less popular frameworks require some minimal configuration on the user’s part.
Frameworks supported by Fleek
You can check out the templates to see frameworks we have support for. Below you see a table that shows infrastructure support for some of the most popular frameworks:
| Framework | SSG | SSR | API routes | ISR | Fleek Functions | Preview deployments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Next.js | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
SvelteKit | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
Astro | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
Create React App | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
Vue | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
Gatsby | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
Nuxt | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
Vite | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
Jekyll | ✅ | ❌ | ― | ― | ✅ | ✅ |
Hugo | ✅ | ❌ | ― | ― | ✅ | ✅ |
Gridsome | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
Svelte + Sapper | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
Auto-detected frameworks
For the most popular frameworks bulleted above along with several other less popular frameworks, we can perform auto-detection to automatically apply the correct build settings. We will find the correct Docker image from our Dockerhub organization depending on the detected framework and offer support for additional frameworks through custom Docker images users create.
Other frameworks: npm package dependencies
The frameworks we can auto-detect are a small subset of those we support, however. Any framework that is a dependency for an npm package will be supported, since we apply a Node-based Docker image by default when none are selected.
Additional framework support through custom Docker images
If you’re using a framework which is neither auto-detected by Fleek nor an npm dependency, that does not preclude you from using it for a project on Fleek, since you can always create your own Docker image to build the app. In this way, we can support nearly any framework that outputs HTML.
Beyond frameworks: what types of applications can be built on Fleek?
Some elements of Fleek’s platform are hosted on Fleek, including not only the docs you are reading now, but also the landing page and blog. Each of these applications is hosted on the fleek.xyz site.
At the moment Fleek is introducing more full stack capabilities. This will be done in a phased approach over time, as Fleek Network and web services needed are launched, hardened and tested. Fleek aims to be a one-size-fits-all platform for developers.
Framework templates
If you’re ready to start building with Fleek and have a favored framework in mind, we offer several templates for popular frameworks that make it easy to deploy an application to Fleek of those respective types. You can browse our templates here.