# choojs/bankai

:station: - friendly web compiler

Repository: https://github.com/choojs/bankai
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bankai
Language: JavaScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: compile, assets, browserify, server, css, css-in-js, modular, sheetify
Last push: 2022-05-19T12:03:36+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": 3906, "days_push": 1567, "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 1084, forks 74 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:31.558572+00:00)

## What it is
Bankai is a zero-configuration web compiler CLI that bundles JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, with a built-in development server supporting HTTPS on localhost. It is part of the Choo ecosystem and built on Browserify.

## Use cases
- compile javascript html and css for the web without config
- start a local https dev server for a frontend project
- bundle a choo app to static files in dist
- visualize bundle dependencies of a project
- zero-config alternative to webpack for small sites

## When to choose
- building small Choo or Browserify-based web apps with zero setup
- you want a simple build + dev server in one tool
- prototyping quickly without configuring a bundler

## When to avoid
- large modern apps needing code-splitting, tree-shaking, or framework tooling
- projects already standardized on webpack, Vite, or esbuild
- you need actively maintained tooling - releases have slowed since 2022

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: build-tool, http-server, cli
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: bundler, choo, browserify, dev-server, zero-config, asset-pipeline, command-line, nodejs

## Member repositories
- choojs/bankai (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:31.558572+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 2026-08-30T06:50:01.117929+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/choojs/bankai (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:31.558572+00:00, sha c7d9b73ea82d)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/bankai (fetched 2026-08-29T12:52:48.088363+00:00, sha c1dc96e87707)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.