Lightning Web Components

aid: lightning-web-components
name: Lightning Web Components
description: Salesforce Lightning Web Components (LWC) is a modern JavaScript framework for building user interfaces on the
  Salesforce platform using web standards.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Frontend
- JavaScript
- Lightning Web Components
- Salesforce
- Web Components
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lightning-web-components/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-01-15'
modified: '2026-03-16'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: lightning-web-components:lightning-web-components
  name: Lightning Web Components Runtime API
  description: Core JavaScript APIs for building Lightning Web Components including decorators, wire service, and component
    lifecycle methods.
  humanURL: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/component-library/documentation/en/lwc
  tags:
  - Frontend
  - JavaScript
  - Salesforce
  - Web Components
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/component-library/documentation/en/lwc
common:
- url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/component-library/overview/components
  type: Documentation
- url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/component-library/documentation/en/lwc/lwc.get_started_introduction
  type: GettingStarted
- url: https://github.com/trailheadapps/lwc-recipes
  type: Examples
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com