# IvanMathy/Boop

A scriptable scratchpad for developers. In slow yet steady progress.

Repository: https://github.com/IvanMathy/Boop
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/boop
Homepage: https://boop.okat.best
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: developer-tools, macos, application, hacktoberfest, boop
Last push: 2024-06-30T22:16:41+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": 2775, "days_push": 794, "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 4179, forks 388 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:38.362363+00:00)

## What it is
Boop is a scriptable scratchpad application for macOS that lets developers run quick text transformations like encoding, decoding, formatting, and checksums on selected text. It is extensible with custom JavaScript scripts and available via GitHub releases, the Mac App Store, and Homebrew.

## Use cases
- decode base64 strings quickly
- encode/decode URLs and HTML entities
- format and clean up XML or JSON snippets
- compute MD5 checksums of text
- run custom JavaScript text transformations
- use a scratchpad for quick developer utilities without opening a terminal

## When to choose
- you frequently do small text transformations on macOS
- you want an extensible, scriptable utility tray instead of ad-hoc scripts
- you prefer a native Mac app over web-based converters

## When to avoid
- you need a cross-platform tool (Boop is macOS only)
- you need heavy-duty text editing or full IDE features
- you want a CLI-first workflow

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, serialization, cli
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: scratchpad, scriptable, text-transformation, base64, encoding, javascript-scripts, editor, command-line, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- IvanMathy/Boop (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:38.362363+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 2026-08-29T18:22:40.132266+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/IvanMathy/Boop (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:38.362363+00:00, sha d24f650cc0dd)
  - homepage: https://boop.okat.best (fetched 2026-08-29T09:13:30.448569+00:00, sha baa9022957cd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.