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Sites built with Stimulus

A modest JavaScript framework for adding behaviour to server-rendered HTML, part of the Hotwire suite.

Category: Framework #10 of 29 in Framework First seen: Jun 22, 2026 Last seen: Aug 12, 2026 Website: stimulus.hotwired.dev

1,259 sites

1,188 found by StackScope, 71 via launch platforms

StackScope Wider Web 918 StackScope Discovery (Indie) 270 Product Hunt 39 Hacker News 20 PeerPush 8 Other 4
  • StackScope Wider Web 918
  • StackScope Discovery (Indie) 270
  • Product Hunt 39
  • Hacker News 20
  • PeerPush 8
  • Other 4
View: Launch platforms All launches StackScope Discovery StackScope Wider Web All sites
Last 7 days 0.2% -0.0pp
Most used with Hotwire Turbo, Rails, Vite
Top product types Education, Content, Productivity
Green hosting 78% vs 45% avg

Stimulus has been detected on 69 launches we've crawled, with 14 of those in August 2026 (0.2% of the month's launches so far). The 7-day rolling share is 0.2%, roughly steady week on week. Most recent detection: En, today.

It's most commonly paired with Hotwire Turbo, Rails, and Vite. By product type, the launches using it are most often Education (18%), Content (16%), and Productivity (14%). By domain ending, launches using it are 1.6 times as likely as the average launch to live on a .com domain. The 69 scored launches using Stimulus average a StackScope score of 7.9 out of 10, against 6.3 across all launches we score.

What kind of products ship with Stimulus

49 launches

Education
18.37%
Content
16.33%
Productivity
14.29%
Finance
10.20%
Developer Tools
8.16%
Marketing
8.16%
Health
6.12%
Design
4.08%
Games
4.08%
Social
4.08%
AI
2.04%
Directory
2.04%
Hiring & HR
2.04%

Domain endings using Stimulus

71 launches

  • .com 46.48%
  • .ai 7.04%
  • .org 7.04%
  • .app 5.63%
  • .dev 4.23%
  • .io 4.23%
  • .de 2.82%
  • .net 2.82%
  • .news 2.82%
  • .blog 1.41%
  • .br 1.41%
  • .co 1.41%
  • .do 1.41%

Countries that use Stimulus

Estimated origin for 21 of 69 launches

  • United States United States 23.81%
  • Germany Germany 19.05%
  • United Kingdom United Kingdom 9.52%
  • Netherlands Netherlands 9.52%
  • Australia Australia 4.76%
  • Brazil Brazil 4.76%
  • Finland Finland 4.76%
  • France France 4.76%
  • India India 4.76%
  • Japan Japan 4.76%
  • Norway Norway 4.76%
  • Taiwan Taiwan 4.76%

Share of new launches using Stimulus

Each dot is one launch day. Line is the 7-day rolling average. Chart starts at first detection.

0.2%
last 7 days
-0.0pp vs prior week
0.2%
August so far
14 of 6,846 launches
69
launches all time
since Jun 2026
Stimulus daily detection trend 5% 2% 0% Jun Jul Aug Jul 1, 2026: Adoption figures now count launches from launch platforms. Use the source view to include StackScope Discovery. May 15 · 0 / 542 = 0.0% May 16 · 0 / 406 = 0.0% May 17 · 0 / 367 = 0.0% May 18 · 1 / 564 = 0.2% May 19 · 0 / 845 = 0.0% May 20 · 0 / 672 = 0.0% May 21 · 0 / 605 = 0.0% May 22 · 0 / 546 = 0.0% May 23 · 0 / 378 = 0.0% May 24 · 0 / 341 = 0.0% May 25 · 0 / 535 = 0.0% May 26 · 0 / 877 = 0.0% May 27 · 0 / 683 = 0.0% May 28 · 0 / 575 = 0.0% May 29 · 0 / 486 = 0.0% May 30 · 0 / 376 = 0.0% May 31 · 0 / 368 = 0.0% Jun 1 · 0 / 618 = 0.0% Jun 2 · 0 / 926 = 0.0% Jun 3 · 0 / 711 = 0.0% Jun 4 · 0 / 598 = 0.0% Jun 5 · 0 / 578 = 0.0% Jun 6 · 0 / 435 = 0.0% Jun 7 · 0 / 402 = 0.0% Jun 8 · 0 / 509 = 0.0% Jun 9 · 0 / 871 = 0.0% Jun 10 · 0 / 720 = 0.0% Jun 11 · 0 / 574 = 0.0% Jun 12 · 0 / 445 = 0.0% Jun 13 · 0 / 378 = 0.0% Jun 14 · 0 / 345 = 0.0% Jun 15 · 0 / 529 = 0.0% Jun 16 · 1 / 1046 = 0.1% Jun 17 · 0 / 899 = 0.0% Jun 18 · 0 / 672 = 0.0% Jun 19 · 0 / 542 = 0.0% Jun 20 · 0 / 442 = 0.0% Jun 21 · 0 / 382 = 0.0% Jun 22 · 1 / 572 = 0.2% Jun 23 · 2 / 895 = 0.2% Jun 24 · 0 / 736 = 0.0% Jun 25 · 0 / 617 = 0.0% Jun 26 · 1 / 533 = 0.2% Jun 27 · 1 / 432 = 0.2% Jun 28 · 0 / 383 = 0.0% Jun 29 · 1 / 501 = 0.2% Jun 30 · 2 / 801 = 0.2% Jul 1 · 0 / 794 = 0.0% Jul 2 · 3 / 602 = 0.5% Jul 3 · 1 / 496 = 0.2% Jul 4 · 3 / 410 = 0.7% Jul 5 · 3 / 367 = 0.8% Jul 6 · 0 / 550 = 0.0% Jul 7 · 1 / 926 = 0.1% Jul 8 · 3 / 776 = 0.4% Jul 9 · 2 / 737 = 0.3% Jul 10 · 1 / 616 = 0.2% Jul 11 · 1 / 483 = 0.2% Jul 12 · 2 / 452 = 0.4% Jul 13 · 1 / 610 = 0.2% Jul 14 · 2 / 928 = 0.2% Jul 15 · 2 / 771 = 0.3% Jul 16 · 0 / 839 = 0.0% Jul 17 · 1 / 693 = 0.1% Jul 18 · 0 / 513 = 0.0% Jul 19 · 1 / 501 = 0.2% Jul 20 · 0 / 641 = 0.0% Jul 21 · 4 / 960 = 0.4% Jul 22 · 0 / 834 = 0.0% Jul 23 · 3 / 775 = 0.4% Jul 24 · 2 / 384 = 0.5% Jul 25 · 0 / 448 = 0.0% Jul 26 · 0 / 489 = 0.0% Jul 27 · 2 / 675 = 0.3% Jul 28 · 5 / 949 = 0.5% Jul 29 · 2 / 771 = 0.3% Jul 30 · 0 / 637 = 0.0% Jul 31 · 2 / 566 = 0.4% Aug 1 · 1 / 558 = 0.2% Aug 2 · 0 / 411 = 0.0% Aug 3 · 3 / 574 = 0.5% Aug 4 · 2 / 831 = 0.2% Aug 5 · 1 / 700 = 0.1% Aug 6 · 1 / 599 = 0.2% Aug 7 · 0 / 497 = 0.0% Aug 8 · 0 / 434 = 0.0% Aug 9 · 2 / 346 = 0.6% Aug 10 · 1 / 544 = 0.2% Aug 11 · 0 / 747 = 0.0% Aug 12 · 3 / 605 = 0.5%
May 15, 2026 90 days Aug 12, 2026

How StackScope detects technologies

⋮ Jul 1, 2026: Adoption figures now count launches from launch platforms. Use the source view to include StackScope Discovery.

Framework leaders

Tool % of launches % of category
#1 – React 35.50% 89.02%
#2 – Vue.js 2.12% 5.30%
#3 ▲1 Svelte 0.57% 1.44%
#4 ▼3 Angular 0.54% 1.37%
#5 – Alpine.js 0.48% 1.20%
…
#10 ▲4 Stimulus Current page 0.09% 0.22%

Percentages show adoption among indie launches: the share of all analysed launches, and of launches using any Framework tool.Among July launches it ranked #7 in Framework, up from #11 in June. All 29 in Framework →

Often used with

Tool Launches
Hotwire Turbo 65
Rails 62
Vite 59
HSTS 58
Google Search Console 46

Tools most often detected on the same launches as Stimulus.

Highest-scoring launches using Stimulus

The top launches by StackScope score among the 69 we've detected using Stimulus.

Screenshot of Chippie, a launch using Stimulus Chippie Jul 4, 2026 · score 10.0 Australia Productivity Screenshot of Competiflow, a launch using Stimulus Competiflow Jul 21, 2026 · score 9.5 Netherlands Screenshot of Listiq AI, a launch using Stimulus Listiq AI Jul 21, 2026 · score 9.5 Finland Screenshot of Domio , a launch using Stimulus Domio Jul 17, 2026 · score 9.5 Screenshot of FloosYo, a launch using Stimulus FloosYo Jul 5, 2026 · score 9.5 United States Finance Screenshot of ClassCub, a launch using Stimulus ClassCub Jul 4, 2026 · score 9.5 Directory

Most recent of 69 launches using Stimulus

Screenshot of En, a launch using Stimulus En Aug 12, 2026 · score 4.8 Education Screenshot of Linkdify, a launch using Stimulus Linkdify Aug 12, 2026 · score 9.1 Marketing Screenshot of Venn Poll, a launch using Stimulus Venn Poll Aug 12, 2026 · score 7.8 Screenshot of Gokab, a launch using Stimulus Gokab Aug 10, 2026 · score 9.5 Netherlands Education Screenshot of DBT Companion, a launch using Stimulus DBT Companion Aug 9, 2026 · score 6.9 Health Screenshot of Turbyte Bilişim Hizmetleri status page, a launch using Stimulus Turbyte Bilişim Hizmetleri status page Aug 9, 2026 · score 5.7 Developer Tools Screenshot of En, a launch using Stimulus En Aug 6, 2026 · score 4.8 Education Screenshot of ARVnote, a launch using Stimulus ARVnote Aug 5, 2026 · score 7.6 Finance Screenshot of ePub Translator, a launch using Stimulus ePub Translator Aug 4, 2026 · score 7.8 Content Screenshot of LarpIn, a launch using Stimulus LarpIn Aug 4, 2026 · score 4.8 Social Screenshot of StudyCards AI, a launch using Stimulus StudyCards AI Aug 3, 2026 · score 7.6 Education Screenshot of Makethisbetter, a launch using Stimulus Makethisbetter Aug 3, 2026 · score 9.1

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