# Turbo (Hotwire), release history and use on real websites.

Part of the Hotwire bundle from the makers of Ruby on Rails: Turbo turns navigation into fast HTML swaps without a full page load (Turbo Drive, Frames, Streams) and Stimulus adds small JS behaviour to HTML. Sites feel like an SPA without a large JavaScript bundle.

- **Status:** Modern. The default approach in Rails 7+, also used outside Rails (Laravel, Django). An alternative to React SPAs for content-heavy, server-rendered sites.
- **Category:** [JS/CSS Frameworks](https://be1st.ai/technologies/framework)
- **First release:** 2020
- **License:** MIT
- **Latest version:** 8.0.23 (29 Jan 2026)
- **Official website:** https://hotwired.dev
- **Documentation:** https://turbo.hotwired.dev/handbook/introduction
- **GitHub:** https://github.com/hotwired/turbo
- **Page:** https://be1st.ai/technologies/framework/turbo

## Turbo (Hotwire) on audited websites

147 of the 16,845 websites audited by be1st run Turbo (Hotwire) (<1%). That ranks it #22 of the 35 technologies in JS/CSS Frameworks we have seen in audits.

### Websites running Turbo (Hotwire) vs all websites

- **Web score:** 73 (all websites 72)
- **SEO:** 77 (all websites 79)
- **Security:** 64 (all websites 59)
- **Performance:** 71 (all websites 72)
- **AI Readiness:** 30 (all websites 31)

### Most used in JS/CSS Frameworks

1. [Tailwind CSS](https://be1st.ai/technologies/framework/tailwind-css): 34% (5,653)
2. [jQuery](https://be1st.ai/technologies/framework/jquery): 29% (4,883)
3. [Next.js](https://be1st.ai/technologies/framework/next-js): 23% (3,836)
4. [React](https://be1st.ai/technologies/framework/react): 22% (3,626)
5. [Bootstrap](https://be1st.ai/technologies/framework/bootstrap): 13% (2,198)
6. [PHP](https://be1st.ai/technologies/framework/php): 3.0% (502)
7. [Lit](https://be1st.ai/technologies/framework/lit): 2.9% (487)
8. [Astro](https://be1st.ai/technologies/framework/astro): 2.4% (405)
9. [Vue.js](https://be1st.ai/technologies/framework/vue-js): 2.2% (373)
10. [Alpine.js](https://be1st.ai/technologies/framework/alpine-js): 2.0% (341)

The number for React counts only websites where Tech Stack detects it directly, not websites built with Next.js, Gatsby, and Remix, which run it too. The number for Vue.js counts only websites where Tech Stack detects it directly, not websites built with Nuxt, which run it too.

## Turbo (Hotwire) versions and release history

2 release lines since 2021, as listed by the npm registry. The latest version is 8.0.23, released 29 Jan 2026.

| Version | Released | Latest release | Releases |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 8 | 7 Feb 2024 | 8.0.23 (29 Jan 2026) | 19 |
| 7 | 24 Sep 2021 | 7.3.0 (1 Mar 2023) | 10 |

Sources: [npm registry, package @hotwired/turbo](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@hotwired/turbo), checked 8 Nov 2026.

## Other technologies in JS/CSS Frameworks

- [TanStack Start](https://be1st.ai/technologies/framework/tanstack-start): 1.9% of websites
- [Nette](https://be1st.ai/technologies/framework/nette): 1.8% of websites
- [Nuxt](https://be1st.ai/technologies/framework/nuxt): 1.5% of websites
- [Angular](https://be1st.ai/technologies/framework/angular): 1.2% of websites
- [Preact](https://be1st.ai/technologies/framework/preact): 1.2% of websites
- [UnoCSS](https://be1st.ai/technologies/framework/unocss): 1.2% of websites
- [Express](https://be1st.ai/technologies/framework/express): 1.1% of websites
- [SvelteKit](https://be1st.ai/technologies/framework/sveltekit): 1.1% of websites
- [ASP.NET](https://be1st.ai/technologies/framework/asp-net): 1.0% of websites
- [Django](https://be1st.ai/technologies/framework/django): <1% of websites
- [HTMX](https://be1st.ai/technologies/framework/htmx): <1% of websites
- [Bulma](https://be1st.ai/technologies/framework/bulma): <1% of websites

[All 38 in JS/CSS Frameworks](https://be1st.ai/technologies/framework)

## Questions about Turbo (Hotwire)

### What is Turbo (Hotwire)?

Part of the Hotwire bundle from the makers of Ruby on Rails: Turbo turns navigation into fast HTML swaps without a full page load (Turbo Drive, Frames, Streams) and Stimulus adds small JS behaviour to HTML. Sites feel like an SPA without a large JavaScript bundle. The be1st catalog lists Turbo (Hotwire) under JS/CSS Frameworks. License of Turbo (Hotwire): MIT.

### What is the latest version of Turbo (Hotwire)?

The latest version of Turbo (Hotwire) is 8.0.23, released 29 Jan 2026 (source: npm registry, package @hotwired/turbo).

### How many websites use Turbo (Hotwire)?

147 of the 16,845 websites audited by be1st run Turbo (Hotwire) (<1%), as of 8 Nov 2026.

### When was Turbo (Hotwire) first released?

Turbo (Hotwire) was first released in 2020; the oldest version listed by the npm registry dates from 2021.

### Is Turbo (Hotwire) still a modern choice?

Yes. Turbo (Hotwire) counts as a modern technology. The default approach in Rails 7+, also used outside Rails (Laravel, Django). An alternative to React SPAs for content-heavy, server-rendered sites.

### What are the alternatives to Turbo (Hotwire)?

Technologies that do the same job as Turbo (Hotwire) include HTMX.

Numbers: latest audit of each of 16,845 websites audited by be1st, as of 8 Nov 2026.