gatsby

Gatsby commonly refers to Jay Gatsby, a central figure in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel The Great Gatsby. Gatsby is a wealthy and enigmatic aspirant who hosts lavish parties on Long Island during the Jazz Age and pursues a romance with Daisy Buchanan. The character's real name is James Gatz; his rise from poverty to wealth is presented as a flawed embodiment of the American Dream. The narrative, told by Nick Carraway, explores themes of wealth, society, illusion, and the hollowness of modern American life. The novel is considered a landmark of American literature and has been adapted into numerous films and stage productions.

Gatsby (software) is an open-source framework for building fast, modern static websites and web applications. It is built on React and uses GraphQL to fuse data from various sources at build time, enabling developers to create pages from content stored in Markdown, CMSs, databases, or APIs. Gatsby emphasizes performance through pre-rendering, code-splitting, and image optimization, and it supports a rich ecosystem of plugins and starters. It is commonly used in JAMstack architecture to deliver prebuilt static assets with dynamic client-side behavior. The project, started in the mid-2010s by Kyle Mathews and contributors, has grown into a widely used tool for developers seeking fast, scalable sites.