bbc/simorgh
The BBC's Open Source Web Application. Contributions welcome! Used on some of our biggest websites, e.g. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
95/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 87
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 0.0
- age_days: 3029
- days_rel: 7
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 1891
Adoption not part of the score
1709 stars · 280 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Simorgh is the BBC's open-source React-based web application that renders World Service News websites and AMP article pages in 41 languages. It is a production-grade, actively maintained codebase focused on performance, accessibility, and scale for millions of monthly users.
Use cases
- build a fast accessible news website
- render AMP article pages for a news site
- serve a multilingual content website
- learn how the BBC builds its news web apps at scale
- set up a React SSR application with Express
- study a large production React/TypeScript codebase
When to choose
- you need a battle-tested React SSR architecture for high-traffic editorial or news content
- you need AMP page support and multilingual rendering
- you want to study or contribute to a large-scale accessible web application
When to avoid
- you need a generic CMS or blog starter rather than a news-specific application
- you want a small reusable library or component package instead of a full application
- your project is not tied to BBC-style editorial workflows
Facets
application · maturity active
web-framework ssr frontend-framework ui-components routing templating web-development frontend cms accessibility cross-platform react nextjs express typescript amp news-website bbc multilingual performance accessibility news nodejs web-server
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/bbc/simorgh · fetched 2026-08-28 · fd227504a351
- homepage: https://www.bbc.com/pidgin · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2d53b31b955b
- site_page: https://www.bbc.com/aboutthebbc · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9c45d673b069
- site_page: https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/articles/czjzy44mkdyo · fetched 2026-08-29 · 72dfaa7287bd
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| bbc/simorgh | main | 95 |
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