alongubkin/spider
Unsurprising JavaScript - No longer active observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4330
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 3239
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1326 stars · 46 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Spider is a programming language that compiles to JavaScript (ES5 and ES6), combining ideas from Go, Swift, Python, C#, and CoffeeScript. It ships as an npm CLI (spider-script) for executing and compiling .spider files.
Use cases
- write javascript with better syntax
- compile a language to es5 and es6
- alternative to coffeescript or typescript
- use pattern matching and destructuring in javascript
- run .spider scripts from the command line
When to choose
- you want a CoffeeScript-like language with modern features compiling to JS
- you need a small language with pattern matching, channels, and async support
When to avoid
- you need a maintained or actively developed language
- you want strong type safety like TypeScript
- you need community support or long-term ecosystem compatibility
Facets
cli-tool · maturity abandoned
compiler programming-language cli programming-languages compilers web-development cli cross-platform compile-to-javascript language-compiler coffeescript-alternative es6 peg-parser javascript nodejs
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/alongubkin/spider · fetched 2026-08-28 · 24d18bc93a6f
- homepage: http://spiderlang.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9a86836d8eb0
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| alongubkin/spider | main | 32 |
For agents
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