# yortus/asyncawait

Callback heaven for Node.js with async/await

Repository: https://github.com/yortus/asyncawait
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/asyncawait
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2022-04-28T12:48:29+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4550, "days_push": 1588, "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 1897, forks 77 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:51.050733+00:00)

## What it is
A Node.js library that brings async/await-style coding to JavaScript, predating native ES2017 async/await by enabling suspendable functions that appear to block at asynchronous operations. It is now primarily useful for legacy codebases on old Node.js versions or advanced deep-coroutine scenarios.

## Use cases
- avoid callback hell in old Node.js versions
- write async code that looks synchronous on Node.js < 7.6
- maintain a legacy codebase using asyncawait
- use deep coroutine semantics not supported by native async/await
- await Node-style callback APIs directly

## When to choose
- you must support Node.js versions older than 7.6
- you maintain an existing codebase built on this library
- you need deep coroutine semantics beyond native async/await

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new project - use native async/await
- your runtime supports ES2017 async/await natively
- you want an actively developed library

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: concurrency, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, backend, programming-languages
- platform: -
- tags: async-await, coroutines, callback-hell, control-flow, fibers, legacy-nodejs, nodejs, javascript

## Member repositories
- yortus/asyncawait (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:51.050733+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 2026-08-30T03:12:49.398807+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/yortus/asyncawait (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:51.050733+00:00, sha b4af65d1b475)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/asyncawait (fetched 2026-08-29T10:51:58.700839+00:00, sha becf3681c10a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.