# fat/bean

an events api for javascript

Repository: https://github.com/fat/bean
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bean
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-01-14T00:27:50+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 60/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 62, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5627, "days_push": 232, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1387, forks 109 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:35.111376+00:00)

## What it is
Bean is a small, fast, framework-agnostic JavaScript event manager for DOM elements and plain objects. It supports event binding, delegation, custom events, and works across desktop, mobile, and touch browsers.

## Use cases
- attach click handlers to dom elements without jquery
- delegate events to child elements with css selectors
- bind multiple events with one call
- fire custom events on plain javascript objects
- manage event listeners in a lightweight browser script

## When to choose
- you need a tiny standalone event library without a framework
- you want event delegation with selector support
- you need to bind events to both DOM elements and plain objects

## When to avoid
- you already use a framework with built-in event handling like React or Vue
- you need reactive state-driven event systems
- you are building a Node.js-only server application

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: middleware
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: events, dom-events, event-delegation, framework-agnostic, ender

## Member repositories
- fat/bean (main) score 60

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:35.111376+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 2026-08-30T04:39:49.911406+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/fat/bean (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:35.111376+00:00, sha 9ec27c6f1684)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/bean (fetched 2026-08-29T11:55:35.033320+00:00, sha c02d610f254b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.