Vue
Vue 2, a JavaScript framework for building user interfaces. Now end-of-life and no longer maintained.
- Stars
- 212k
- Forks
- 33.6k
- Licence
- MIT
- Language
- TypeScript
- Last update
- 2.1 years ago
- Type
- Library
No commits in over a year — check for forks or alternatives before adopting.
What it is
Vue is a JavaScript framework for building web user interfaces, designed so it can be added gradually to a page or used to build large single-page applications. This repository holds Vue 2, which reached End of Life on December 31st, 2023 and no longer receives features or fixes. The README directs new projects to Vue 3 in the separate vuejs/core repository.
- Keep an existing Vue 2 single-page app running on its current version
- Add interactive components to an existing web page incrementally
- Explore the Vue 2 ecosystem packages such as vue-router and vuex
Great for
- Maintaining an existing Vue 2 application that cannot yet be upgraded
- Teams studying how Vue 2 was structured
- Developers who need to read Vue 2 source or documentation
Not ideal for
- Starting a new project, because the README says to use Vue 3 instead
- Teams with compliance or security requirements for unmaintained software, who would need a paid extended-support option mentioned in the README rather than this repo alone
How to get it
- 1
Install with a package manager
Install the Vue 2 package from npm
npm install vue@2 - 2
Run it
- Install the package with npm as shown above
- Import Vue in your project or load it from a CDN
- Create a Vue instance and mount it to an element on the page
- Refer to the documentation at v2.vuejs.org for examples
- 3
Get the most out of it
- Use the official documentation and live examples at v2.vuejs.org
- Add vue-router for single-page application routing
- Add vuex for large-scale state management
- Use vue-devtools in the browser to inspect components
- Follow the v3-migration guide if moving to a supported version
Downloads
Strengths
- Large existing install base and a long track record, with 212,574 GitHub stars
- Incrementally adoptable, so it can be used for small widgets or full apps
- Released under the permissive MIT license
Trade-offs
- No new features, updates, or fixes since End of Life, so security issues will not be patched here
- Does not support browsers below ES5 such as IE8 and below
- Migration to Vue 3 is recommended by the README, which implies some upgrade work
How it compares
| Project | Stars | Type | Level | Updated | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vue (this) | 212k | Library | intermediate | 2.1 years ago | Maintaining an existing Vue 2 application that cannot yet be upgraded |
| react | 252k | Library | intermediate | 6 days ago | Developers building interactive web interfaces with JavaScript |
| svelte | 88.5k | Library | intermediate | 4 days ago | Developers who want to build interactive websites with less boilerplate |
| angular | 101k | Framework | intermediate | 5 days ago | Developers building larger, multi-screen web applications |
| ionic-framework | 52.7k | Library | intermediate | 4 days ago | Web developers who want to build mobile apps using existing web skills |
| fe-interview | 26.3k | Learning resource | beginner | 1.0 years ago | Front-end developers preparing for job interviews |
Stats synced from GitHub. The assessment above was drafted with AI from the project's README on 2026-10-29 and may miss recent changes — check the README before relying on a command. MIT licence: free to use, modify and distribute, including commercially, as long as you keep the copyright notice.