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- Define your data and endpoints with OpenAPI
- No maintenance of generated code

## Status: Developer Preview #3
## Status: General Availability

LoopBack 4 is a work in progress, the public API is frequently changed in
backward incompatible ways. See
[Upcoming-Releases on wiki](https://github.com/strongloop/loopback-next/wiki/Upcoming-Releases)
for more details.
LoopBack 4 GA (General Availability) has been released in October 2018, read
more in [the announcement post](http://strongloop.com/strongblog/loopback-4-ga).

The documentation website is https://loopback.io/doc/en/lb4/.

Learn about the latest and greatest
[features and technologies in LoopBack 4](https://loopback.io/doc/en/lb4/Crafting-LoopBack-4.html)
by using it for your next project. Start by having a look at
[Getting Started](https://loopback.io/doc/en/lb4/Getting-started.html).

**NOTE:** _It is not recommended for production use yet._ For production, use
[LoopBack 3](https://loopback.io/doc/en/lb3/index.html).
Check the
[API documentation](http://apidocs.loopback.io/@loopback%2fdocs/apidocs.html)
for all the API usages in each package.

[LoopBack 3](https://loopback.io/doc/en/lb3/) became active LTS version, and
[LoopBack 2](https://loopback.io/doc/en/lb2/) became maintenance LTS version.

| Version | Status | Published | EOL |
| ---------- | --------------- | --------- | -------------------- |
| LoopBack 4 | Current | Oct 2018 | Apr 2021 _(minimum)_ |
| Loopback 3 | Active LTS | Dec 2016 | Dec 2019 |
| Loopback 2 | Maintenance LTS | Jul 2014 | Apr 2019 |

Please refer to our
[Long Term Support Policy](https://loopback.io/doc/en/contrib/Long-term-support.html)
for more details.

## Installation

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