Gatsby

React-based open-source framework for creating fast, scalable websites and applications. Combines static site generation with optional server-side rendering, deferred static generation, and serverless functions to suit sites from hundreds to hundreds of thousands of pages.

Trusted by enterprises such as IBM, PayPal, Nike, and Impossible Foods for technical documentation, e-commerce, and marketing sites. Gatsby differentiates itself through a unified GraphQL data layer that pulls content from any source, CMS, or API into a single queryable schema at build time, eliminating glue code. Platform adapters enable zero-config deployment on popular hosts while keeping the framework portable.

Key capabilities:

• Unified GraphQL data layer for combining content from multiple sources at build time
• Source and transformer plugins for headless CMS, markdown, images, and APIs
• Static generation, deferred static generation, SSR, and serverless functions via adapters
• Gatsby Adapters for deploying to various hosting platforms with minimal configuration
• Built-in image optimization with responsive thumbnails and blur placeholders

Common applications include technical documentation sites, company blogs and homepages, e-commerce storefronts, lead generation and SEO campaigns, and data visualization dashboards. Developers use familiar React components with GraphQL queries declared alongside pages, while the plugin ecosystem integrates with Contentful, WordPress, Drupal, Shopify, and other content backends.