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ampproject/amphtml

Analysis updated 2026-06-24

14,905JavaScriptAudience · developerComplexity · 4/5Setup · hard

TLDR

Source code for AMP, an open-source web component framework started at Google for building fast-loading mobile web pages, ads, stories, and emails.

Mindmap

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  root((amphtml))
    Inputs
      AMP HTML pages
      Component tags
    Outputs
      Fast mobile pages
      AMP ads
      AMP stories
    Use Cases
      Speed up news articles
      Build AMP email
      Create AMP ads
    Tech Stack
      JavaScript
      HTML
      Web Components
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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Build a fast-loading mobile news or article site using AMP HTML components

USE CASE 2

Create interactive AMP stories for short-form content discovery

USE CASE 3

Develop AMP email templates that work across Gmail and Outlook

USE CASE 4

Contribute to AMP component source code through the GitHub working groups

What is it built with?

JavaScriptHTMLWeb Components

How does it compare?

ampproject/amphtmlriot/riotxcanwin/keepchatgpt
Stars14,90514,90614,899
LanguageJavaScriptJavaScriptJavaScript
Setup difficultyhardeasyeasy
Complexity4/52/51/5
Audiencedeveloperdevelopergeneral

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · hard Time to first run · 1day+

You normally use AMP by writing AMP HTML in your own pages, building this repo from source is only needed for contributors.

In plain English

amphtml is the source code for AMP, an open source web component framework that began at Google. The README describes AMP as a framework for building user-first websites, stories, ads, and emails. The idea behind AMP, as the project is generally known, is to give web developers a set of standard HTML-style components that load quickly and behave predictably on mobile devices. The README itself is mostly a directory of links rather than a technical introduction. It points readers to amp.dev for the main documentation, including guides and tutorials, code examples, reference docs for the individual AMP components, ready-made page templates, and developer tools. For people stuck on a problem, it directs them to the amp.dev support page, the amp-html tag on Stack Overflow, the GitHub issue tracker for bug reports and feature requests, and Google's Application Security program for responsible security disclosures. A large portion of the README is given over to how to contribute to the project. There is a contributing guide in docs/contributing.md, a separate code-contributing guide, references to working groups where the day-to-day work happens, and an invitation to Slack and weekly design reviews. The maintainers state that new contributors are welcome even with no prior open source experience. The rest of the README points to operational documents: the release schedule, the public roadmap on amp.dev, an AMP meta repository with project governance, and a code of conduct that applies to all members and committers. The README does not include installation or usage code, since AMP is used by writing AMP HTML in your own pages rather than by installing this repository directly.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Convert a standard HTML article page into a valid AMP HTML page with amp-img and amp-video components
Prompt 2
Write an AMP email template with an interactive amp-form to confirm a purchase
Prompt 3
Set up a local development environment for contributing to amphtml following the code-contributing guide
Prompt 4
Build a custom AMP component and validate it against the AMP validator

Frequently asked questions

What is amphtml?

Source code for AMP, an open-source web component framework started at Google for building fast-loading mobile web pages, ads, stories, and emails.

What language is amphtml written in?

Mainly JavaScript. The stack also includes JavaScript, HTML, Web Components.

How hard is amphtml to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated hard, with roughly 1day+ to a first successful run.

Who is amphtml for?

Mainly developer.

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