generated: '2026-06-20'
method: searched
source: https://developer.atlassian.com/platform/forge/
description: >-
  Atlassian does not ship a dedicated first-party Confluence REST client SDK;
  developers call the REST/GraphQL APIs directly or via the Forge and Atlassian
  Connect app frameworks. The first-party packages below are the Atlassian app
  platform libraries (Forge runtime/CLI, Connect Express). Widely used
  community client libraries are included and clearly marked official: false.
packages:
- language: javascript
  registry: npm
  name: "@forge/api"
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@forge/api
  install: npm install @forge/api
  official: true
  description: Forge runtime API for calling Confluence/Jira product REST APIs from Forge apps (asApp/asUser, requestConfluence).
- language: javascript
  registry: npm
  name: "@forge/cli"
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@forge/cli
  install: npm install -g @forge/cli
  official: true
  description: Forge command-line tool to create, deploy, and manage Forge apps (the `forge` binary).
- language: javascript
  registry: npm
  name: "@forge/bridge"
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@forge/bridge
  install: npm install @forge/bridge
  official: true
  description: Bridge library for Forge Custom UI front ends to invoke resolvers and product APIs.
- language: javascript
  registry: npm
  name: atlassian-connect-express
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/atlassian-connect-express
  install: npm install atlassian-connect-express
  official: true
  description: Toolkit (ACE) for building Atlassian Connect apps for Confluence/Jira Cloud on Node.js/Express.
- language: javascript
  registry: npm
  name: confluence.js
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/confluence.js
  install: npm install confluence.js
  official: false
  description: Popular community TypeScript/JavaScript client for the Confluence Cloud and Server REST APIs (maintained by Vladislav Tupikin).
- language: python
  registry: pypi
  name: atlassian-python-api
  url: https://pypi.org/project/atlassian-python-api/
  install: pip install atlassian-python-api
  official: false
  description: Widely used community Python client covering Confluence, Jira, Bitbucket, and other Atlassian products.