# architect/architect

The simplest, most powerful way to build a functional web app (fwa)

Repository: https://github.com/architect/architect
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/architect
Homepage: https://arc.codes
Language: JavaScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: aws, arc, serverless, infrastructure-as-code, aws-lambda, aws-apigateway, aws-dynamodb, fwa
Last push: 2026-08-26T15:00:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3332, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2622, forks 107 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:05.117997+00:00)

## What it is
Architect is an open-source framework and CLI for building Functional Web Apps (FWAs) on AWS serverless infrastructure using concise declarative configuration. It provides a local sandbox dev server, scaffolding, and one-command deployment of HTTP functions, websockets, queues, scheduled tasks, and DynamoDB tables.

## Use cases
- build a serverless web app on aws lambda
- deploy a fullstack app to aws with infrastructure as code
- run a local offline dev server that mimics aws services
- define dynamodb tables and api gateway routes declaratively
- scaffold a new serverless project quickly
- add queues, events, and scheduled tasks to a web app
- deploy staging and production environments from the cli

## When to choose
- you want to build database-backed web apps on AWS serverless without hand-writing CloudFormation
- you value a fast local development sandbox that mirrors production
- you want terse declarative infra config with sensible defaults
- you need HTTP, websockets, queues, events, and scheduled functions in one framework

## When to avoid
- you are not deploying to AWS
- you need full control over raw CloudFormation or Terraform for complex infrastructure
- you prefer containers or traditional long-running servers over Lambda
- you are locked into a non-AWS cloud provider

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: infrastructure-as-code, web-framework, http-server, deployment, serverless, database, websocket, scheduling
- domain: web-development, cloud-computing, infrastructure-as-code, backend, developer-tools, self-hosted
- platform: cloud, windows, cli
- tags: aws-lambda, aws-apigateway, aws-dynamodb, functional-web-apps, cloudformation, local-dev-server, declarative-config, nodejs, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- architect/architect (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:05.117997+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 2026-08-30T02:20:01.902704+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/architect/architect (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:05.117997+00:00, sha 4b2aa8ee0e37)
  - homepage: https://arc.codes (fetched 2026-08-29T10:03:20.609833+00:00, sha 66ebcccbae7d)
  - site_page: https://arc.codes/docs/en/get-started/quickstart (fetched 2026-08-29T10:03:20.625475+00:00, sha ce275c8c93e3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.