# jed/140bytes

Once a tweet-sized, fork-to-play, community-curated collection of JavaScript.

Repository: https://github.com/jed/140bytes
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/140bytes
Language: HTML
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2017-05-12T03:19:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5583, "days_push": 3400, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1030, forks 61 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:17.837999+00:00)

## What it is
A community-curated collection of tweet-sized (140-byte) JavaScript snippets created as a code golfing exercise. It also serves as a wiki of byte-saving techniques for writing extremely compact JavaScript.

## Use cases
- learn JavaScript code golfing tricks
- find byte-saving techniques for minified JS
- practice writing ultra-compact JavaScript
- explore community-contributed tiny JS snippets

## When to choose
- you want to learn or teach extreme JavaScript minification hacks
- you enjoy code golfing challenges

## When to avoid
- you need maintained, production-ready JavaScript utilities
- you want an actively curated collection - it has been inactive since 2017

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: abandoned
- function: developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, tutorials, programming-languages
- platform: browser
- tags: code-golf, javascript, community, byte-saving, minification, nodejs

## Member repositories
- jed/140bytes (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:17.837999+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:07:33.906118+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jed/140bytes (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:17.837999+00:00, sha 79610cb01766)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.