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A static site generator for data apps, dashboards, reports, and more. Observable Framework combines JavaScript on the front-end for interactive graphics with any language on the back-end for data analysis.

25 mentions on Hacker News by 10 people: 5 stories, 20 comments · first 2024-02-15 · latest 2026-06-19

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  1. …of work but it doesn’t appear to be actively developed anymore so will look into Datasette. [1] https://github.com/observablehq/framework
    comment by hbcondo714 · 2026-06-19 · in Datasette Apps: Host custom HTML applications inside Datasette
  2. …likely see some of the implementation details in the new Observable Notebook 2.0 format too. [0]: https://github.com/observablehq/framework
    comment by dleeftink · 2026-05-02 · in Show HN: DAC – open-source dashboard as code tool for agents and humans
  3. …visualizations using the Observable Framework[1]. There is an opportunity to apply AI for Q&A. [1] https://github.com/observablehq/framework
    comment by hbcondo714 · 2026-04-09 · in Ask HN: What are you working on? (April 2026) (Non AI)
  4. …visualizations using the Observable Framework[1]. There is an opportunity to apply AI for Q&A. [1] https://github.com/observablehq/framework
    comment by hbcondo714 · 2026-04-09 · in Ask HN: What are you building that's not AI related?
  5. …built a site with the Observable Framework[1] that analyzes sessions at: https://behavior.today [1] https://github.com/observablehq/framework
    comment by hbcondo714 · 2026-04-05 · in Demand for autism care is soaring
  6. …vibe code the site with Claude Code. [1] https://github.com/PaddleHQ/paddle-nextjs-starter-kit [2] https://github.com/observablehq/framework
    comment by hbcondo714 · 2025-12-30 · in Ask HN: Any example of successful vibe-coded product?
  7. …[0], it seems existing Framework features are being refitted to the new notebook format. [0]: https://github.com/observablehq/framework/discussions/2022
    comment by dleeftink · 2025-09-14 · in Observable Notebooks Data Loaders
  8. We just use Observable Framework https://github.com/observablehq/framework
    comment by joloooo · 2025-07-21 · in Why not to use iframes for embedded dashboards
  9. …mentioned in the "overview" section of their docs[2]. [0] https://observablehq.com/framework/ [1] https://github.com/observablehq/framework [2] https://observablehq.com/documentation/learn/overview
    comment by vanderZwan · 2024-07-09 · in State of Text Rendering 2024
  10. …for the feedback. We implemented the transform to strip TypeScript annotations (using esbuild)… https://github.com/observablehq/framework/pull/129 but this approach stalled because it doesn’t implement validation of TypeScript: the…
    comment by mbostock · 2024-06-18 · in Observable Framework 1.9
  11. The React support looks interesting, are there any examples available? I couldn't spot any in https://github.com/observablehq/framework/tree/main/examples
    comment by simonw · 2024-06-16 · in Observable Framework 1.9
  12. …let you specify the interpreter associated with a given file extension (e.g., .kts for Kotlin). https://github.com/observablehq/framework/pull/935 As for inputs-driving-data-loaders, that does go against the grain a bit since Framework…
    comment by mbostock · 2024-03-05 · in Interesting ideas in Observable Framework
  13. There's a parquet example here: https://github.com/observablehq/framework/blob/main/examples... Using data from here: https://github.com/observablehq/framework/tree/main/examples... Rendered version here:…
    comment by simonw · 2024-03-04 · in Interesting ideas in Observable Framework
  14. …if you reference `echarts` Framework will lazy-load it for you. Adding that was a two-line diff: https://github.com/observablehq/framework/pull/811/files#dif... . But I wanna emphasize that Framework doesn’t have to explicitly “support” a…
    comment by tophtucker · 2024-02-18 · in Observable 2.0, a static site generator for data apps
  15. Also trying to figure this out for using it with vite! Added a question here: https://github.com/observablehq/framework/discussions/855
    comment by jaan · 2024-02-18 · in Observable 2.0, a static site generator for data apps
  16. …too (see https://observablehq.com/framework/lib/duckdb ). But yeah, only client-side. (Though see https://github.com/observablehq/framework/issues/234 .) 2. Sure, it’s all open source, I bet you could make that work. Or `yarn deploy` to…
    comment by tophtucker · 2024-02-16 · in Observable 2.0, a static site generator for data apps
  17. Yeah there are some open issues about more granular rebuilds and chaining data loaders. https://github.com/observablehq/framework/issues/638 , https://github.com/observablehq/framework/issues/332 It’s kinda cool to think about the shearing…
    comment by tophtucker · 2024-02-16 · in Observable 2.0, a static site generator for data apps
  18. …If you want more starter apps to look at, you can browse our examples on GitHub: https://github.com/observablehq/framework/tree/main/examples
    comment by mbostock · 2024-02-15 · in Observable 2.0, a static site generator for data apps
  19. …code isn’t immediately adjacent to the output. We don’t support TypeScript yet, but there’s a PR ( https://github.com/observablehq/framework/pull/129 ) and we are interested in stronger validation at build time to catch more errors. And…
    comment by mbostock · 2024-02-15 · in Observable 2.0, a static site generator for data apps
  20. …tps://observablehq.com/framework/javascript/imports See this example for getting started with Python: https://github.com/observablehq/framework/tree/main/examples... But of course we’d love to add more affordances and documentation for…
    comment by mbostock · 2024-02-15 · in Observable 2.0, a static site generator for data apps