# Actionhero

Actionhero is a realtime multi-transport nodejs API Server with integrated cluster capabilities and delayed tasks

Repository: https://github.com/actionhero/actionhero
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/actionhero
Homepage: https://www.actionherojs.com
Language: TypeScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: nodejs, javascript, socket-client, server, websocket, tcp, framework, delayed-jobs, http, https, api, api-server, actionhero, delayed-tasks, cluster, ts, async-await, frameworks, typescript
Last push: 2026-07-23T00:53:19+00:00
Link (homepage): https://www.actionherojs.com
Link (site_page): https://docs.actionherojs.com

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 84/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 93, release rhythm 62, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5451, "days_push": 42, "days_rel": 42, "gap_med": 239.0, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2416, forks 255 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:50.342299+00:00)

## What it is
Actionhero is a Node.js/TypeScript API framework that serves the same actions over HTTP, HTTPS, and WebSockets, with built-in clustering, background task queues (via node-resque), and a project generator CLI. It targets reusable, scalable APIs for stateless and stateful applications including realtime chat, IoT, and games.

## Use cases
- build a REST API server in nodejs
- serve the same API over HTTP and websockets
- run background jobs and delayed tasks in node
- build a realtime chat server
- create a clustered node API server with zero-downtime deploys
- generate a typescript API project scaffold
- build a game backend speaking multiple protocols

## When to choose
- you want one action codebase served over multiple transports (HTTP, WebSocket)
- you need integrated background task queues and scheduling out of the box
- you want clustering and 0-downtime deploys built into the framework
- you prefer a batteries-included framework over assembling express + bull + socket.io

## When to avoid
- you need a minimal or micro framework with full control over middleware choices
- your stack is not Node.js/TypeScript
- you want GraphQL-first or heavy ORM features included
- the project has a successor (Keryx) you'd rather adopt for new Bun-based work

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: api-framework, http-server, websocket, cli, scheduling, message-queue, middleware, routing
- domain: backend, web-development, apis, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform, cli
- tags: api-server, multi-transport, delayed-tasks, background-jobs, cluster, resque, typescript, zero-downtime-deploys, realtime, real-time, nodejs

## Member repositories
- actionhero/actionhero (main) score 84
- actionhero/node-resque (backend) score 93

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:50.342299+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 2026-08-30T02:33:08.419946+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/actionhero/actionhero (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:50.342299+00:00, sha 9b325a998de0)
  - homepage: https://www.actionherojs.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:14:23.452141+00:00, sha bc99ac039ff5)
  - site_page: https://docs.actionherojs.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:14:23.490867+00:00, sha 52075a993e92)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/node-resque (fetched 2026-08-29T10:14:23.644761+00:00, sha 614460b9d97c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.