# theironcook/Backbone.ModelBinder

Simple, flexible and powerful Model-View binding for Backbone.

Repository: https://github.com/theironcook/Backbone.ModelBinder
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/backbonemodelbinder
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Last push: 2020-03-10T14:35:49+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": 5305, "days_push": 2367, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1411, forks 154 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:38.920362+00:00)

## What it is
A Backbone.js plugin providing flexible two-way binding between Backbone model attributes and DOM elements using jQuery selectors. It updates existing DOM elements in place instead of re-rendering views, with support for type conversion and formatting.

## Use cases
- synchronize backbone model attributes with html form inputs
- bind model data to read-only dom elements like spans and divs
- avoid full view re-renders when backbone models change
- two-way data binding in legacy backbone applications
- display asynchronously loaded model attributes automatically
- bind model attributes to element attributes like enabled or style

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new project with a modern framework like React, Vue, or Angular
- your project does not use Backbone.js, Underscore, and jQuery
- you need a library with active development and recent releases

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: state-management, ui-components, frontend-framework
- domain: frontend, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: browser
- tags: backbone, data-binding, model-view-binding, jquery, mvvm, nodejs

## Member repositories
- theironcook/Backbone.ModelBinder (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:38.920362+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 2026-08-30T04:38:25.712338+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/theironcook/Backbone.ModelBinder (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:38.920362+00:00, sha b32190c911d5)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/backbone.modelbinder (fetched 2026-08-29T11:51:47.302325+00:00, sha 20541d30d6ad)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.