# Yomguithereal/baobab

JavaScript & TypeScript persistent and optionally immutable data tree with cursors.

Repository: https://github.com/Yomguithereal/baobab
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/baobab
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2022-05-10T23:49:10+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": 4291, "days_push": 1576, "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 3155, forks 116 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:46.289150+00:00)

## What it is
Baobab is a JavaScript and TypeScript persistent, optionally immutable data tree with cursor-based navigation and event-driven updates. It serves as a centralized application state container that pairs easily with React via mixins, higher-order components, or decorators.

## Use cases
- manage centralized application state in JavaScript
- navigate and update nested data structures with cursors
- bind immutable state trees to React components
- watch for changes in deeply nested data via events
- implement undo/history for state changes

## When to choose
- you want a persistent/immutable centralized state tree with cursor navigation
- you need event-driven monitoring of nested data updates
- you use React and want lightweight state binding without a large framework

## When to avoid
- you need a modern, actively developed state management solution
- you prefer Redux, Zustand, or other mainstream state libraries with larger ecosystems
- you need server-side or non-JavaScript state management

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: state-management, serialization
- domain: frontend, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: browser
- tags: persistent-data-structures, immutable-data, cursors, react-state, typescript, nodejs, javascript

## Member repositories
- Yomguithereal/baobab (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:46.289150+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 2026-08-30T07:25:38.837462+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Yomguithereal/baobab (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:46.289150+00:00, sha 499a745c7f3b)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/baobab (fetched 2026-08-29T09:40:19.447171+00:00, sha d4a960d0130e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.