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Primate 0.39: Crossbuilding, typed path parameters and Marko 6

Today we're announcing the availability of the Primate 0.39 preview release.

Primate 0.38: The route is the contract

Today we're announcing the availability of the Primate 0.38 preview release.

Primate 0.37: Revised modules, database migrations, and typed environment access

Today we're announcing the availability of the Primate 0.37 preview release. This release revises the module system, adds database migrations, and introduces typed environment access.

Testing TypeScript monorepos without a build step with @rcompat/test and proby

Primate relies on rcompat, a JS standard library that unifies divergent runtime APIs to ensure consistent behavior across Node, Deno, and Bun. rcompat is itself a TypeScript monorepo with dozens of packages that depend on each other — which means its test ergonomics matter a lot.

Primate 0.36: ORM relations, hooks, form validation, backend i18n

Today we're announcing the availability of the Primate 0.36 preview release. This release introduces ORM relations across all drivers, app hooks (middleware), support for validated forms, as well as backend i18n support.

Primate 0.35: Server hot reload, standalone builds, server-client type safety

Today we're announcing the availability of the Primate 0.35 preview release. This release introduces server hot reload for all backends, standalone production builds, server-client type safety, and a completely redesigned build system that eliminates previous complexity.

Primate 0.34: Quality-of-life improvements

Today we're announcing the availability of the Primate 0.34 preview release. This release focuses on quality-of-life improvements following our TypeScript rewrite in 0.33.

Tailwind support

We've just released @primate/tailwind, a package that adds Tailwind CSS to your app.

Primate 0.33: Everything is typed, Grain backend and new website

Today we're announcing the availability of the Primate 0.33 preview release. This release features a full rewrite of Primate in and for TypeScript, Grain backend support, and a new website.

Release 0.32: Primate Native, support for Voby and Eta frontends

Today we're announcing the availability of the Primate 0.32 preview release. This release introduces support for building native applications with Primate Native, adds two new frontends, Voby and Eta, and includes a host of other changes.

Release 0.31: new hot reload, projections and sorting in stores, new router

Introducing rcompat

Today we're officially introducing rcompat, a JavaScript interoperability and runtime compatibility layer for servers which has been doing most of the heavy lifting behind Primate and its multi-runtime support for a while now.

Release 0.30: Windows support, new path parameter style and other improvements

Today we're announcing the availability of the Primate 0.30 preview release. This release introduces full Windows support and brings the path parameter style used by Primate's filesystem-based routes in line with other frameworks, in addition to several quality of life improvements.

Release 0.29: Angular and Marko, MySQL, WebSockets and Server-Sent Events

Today we're announcing the availability of the Primate 0.29 preview release. This release introduces support for Angular and Marko on the frontend and MySQL on the backend, as well as two new core handlers for WebSockets and Server-sent events across all runtimes.

Release 0.28: TypeScript/Ruby routes, Web Components, uploading files

Today we're announcing the availability of the Primate 0.28 preview release. This release introduces support for TypeScript and Ruby routes, a convenience wrapper for Web Components, as well as support for uploading files.

Release 0.27: Python routes and quality of life improvements

Today we're announcing the availability of the Primate 0.27 preview release. This release introduces support for Python routes and several quality of life improvements.

Release 0.26: Go Wasm routes, live reload, and HTMX extensions

Today we're announcing the availability of the Primate 0.26 preview release. This release introduces support for Go Wasm routes, live reload using the new @primate/build module, and HTMX extensions.

Release 0.25: Native Deno support, I18N for Svelte/React/Solid

Today we're announcing the availability of the Primate 0.25 preview release. This release introduces native Deno support, meaning Primate now supports all the three significant runtimes in JS space (Node, Deno, Bun).

Release 0.24: Native Bun support

Today we're announcing the availability of the Primate 0.24 preview release. This release introduces native Bun support, enabling you to serve your applications significantly faster than before.

Introducing a Head component

Today we're introducing a Head component for React and Solid that mimics the behavior of <svelte:head> for Svelte.

Release 0.23: Handlebars support, transactions, bundler code splitting

Today we're announcing the availability of the Primate 0.23 preview release. This release comes along with a new frontend handler, Handlebars, transactions across most of our database drivers, bundler code splitting, as well as several quality of life improvements.

Release 0.22: Solid and Markdown support, build transformations

Today we're announcing the availability of the Primate 0.22 preview release. This release comes along with 2 new frontend handlers (Solid, Markdown), full React support and build transformations.

Adding Solid support

Release 0.21: More stores, error routes, liveview, create primate, and new website

Today we're announcing the availability of the Primate 0.21 preview release. This release comes along with 3 new data stores (SQLite, PostgreSQL, MongoDB), custom error routes, and a client liveview mode (SPA). On the tooling side, we've also added a GUI for creating Primate apps, available via npm create primate. With this release, we're also officially inaugurating our new website.