# aurajs/aura

A scalable, event-driven JavaScript architecture for developing component-based applications.

Repository: https://github.com/aurajs/aura
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/aura
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2017-04-17T03:56:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5414, "days_push": 3425, "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 2927, forks 253 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:30.489099+00:00)

## What it is
Aura is an event-driven JavaScript architecture for building scalable, component-based web applications using reusable, decoupled modules. It is framework-agnostic and works well with Backbone.js, RequireJS, Bower, Grunt, and Yeoman.

## Use cases
- structure a large-scale JavaScript app with decoupled modules
- build component-based frontend applications
- event-driven communication between app modules
- organize a Backbone.js application with reusable components
- learn patterns for scalable JavaScript architecture

## When to choose
- maintaining an existing legacy app already built with Aura
- studying event-driven component architecture patterns in JavaScript

## When to avoid
- starting a new frontend project in 2024 or later
- you want modern tooling, active maintenance, or Web Components support
- you need a framework with an active community and recent releases

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: abandoned
- function: frontend-framework, state-management, middleware
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: event-driven-architecture, component-based, backbonejs, requirejs, web-components, legacy, javascript, nodejs

## Member repositories
- aurajs/aura (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:30.489099+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 2026-08-30T07:33:35.636723+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/aurajs/aura (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:30.489099+00:00, sha 384add63f9ca)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.