# pilcrowonpaper/arctic

OAuth 2.0 clients for popular providers

Repository: https://github.com/pilcrowonpaper/arctic
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/arctic
Homepage: https://arcticjs.dev
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: authentication, oauth2, typescript
Last push: 2026-08-08T13:44:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 72/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 40, longevity 73
- inputs: {"age_days": 1035, "days_push": 25, "days_rel": 469, "gap_med": 4, "n_releases_24m": 18}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1717, forks 92 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:26.486579+00:00)

## What it is
Arctic is a TypeScript library providing OAuth 2.0 client implementations for popular providers like Google and GitHub, handling authorization requests, code exchange, token refresh, and revocation with optional PKCE support. It was deprecated in July 2026, with example replacement code available in the repository.

## Use cases
- add google login to my app
- implement oauth2 sign in with github
- exchange authorization code for access token
- refresh oauth access tokens
- revoke oauth tokens
- oauth flow with pkce support

## When to choose
- you need ready-made OAuth 2.0 clients for popular providers in a TypeScript project
- you want a lightweight library handling authorization, token exchange, refresh, and revocation
- you're maintaining an existing codebase already using Arctic

## When to avoid
- starting a new project, since the library was deprecated in July 2026
- you need OAuth 1.0 or OpenID Connect-specific features beyond OAuth 2.0
- you want a full authentication framework with sessions and user management

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: auth, http-client
- domain: web-development, backend, security
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: oauth2, oauth-providers, pkce, deprecated, social-login, authentication, nodejs, typescript

## Member repositories
- pilcrowonpaper/arctic (main) score 72

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:26.486579+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 2026-08-30T03:34:13.884540+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pilcrowonpaper/arctic (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:26.486579+00:00, sha b68e500082ee)
  - homepage: https://arcticjs.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T11:10:36.020704+00:00, sha 479fbf8c3a06)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/arctic (fetched 2026-08-29T11:10:36.030109+00:00, sha bf7ddcfe1bc1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.