# Simbul/baker

The HTML5 ebook framework to publish interactive books & magazines on iPad & iPhone using simply open web standards

Repository: https://github.com/Simbul/baker
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/baker
Homepage: http://bakerframework.com
Language: Objective-C
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2013-11-18T17:52:48+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5901, "days_push": 4671, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1520, forks 370 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:57.682680+00:00)

## What it is
Baker is an HTML5 ebook framework for publishing interactive books and magazines on iPad and iPhone using open web standards. It wraps HTML5 content in a native iOS shell to create standalone ebook and magazine apps.

## Use cases
- publish interactive ebooks on iPad and iPhone
- create digital magazines using HTML5
- build iOS book apps from web standards content
- convert HTML publications into native iOS apps
- distribute interactive reading content on Apple devices

## When to choose
- you need to publish HTML5-based interactive books or magazines on iOS
- you want to build ebook apps using only open web standards
- you are working with legacy iOS publishing projects based on Baker

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained or actively supported framework
- you target platforms other than iOS
- you require modern iOS features or recent SDK compatibility
- you need long-term support or community updates

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: abandoned
- function: mobile-framework, web-framework
- domain: mobile-development, web-development
- platform: -
- tags: ebook-framework, interactive-books, digital-magazines, open-web-standards, unmaintained, ios-publishing, html, publishing, ebooks, ios, ipad, iphone, html5, objective-c

## Member repositories
- Simbul/baker (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:57.682680+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 2026-08-30T04:31:53.748024+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Simbul/baker (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:57.682680+00:00, sha f8f81e25a52a)
  - homepage: http://bakerframework.com (fetched 2026-08-29T11:35:00.574843+00:00, sha 85f0d67fc8d5)
  - site_page: https://www.hugedomains.com/about.cfm (fetched 2026-08-29T11:35:00.585647+00:00, sha 1a435281be75)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.