# thlorenz/brace

📔 browserify compatible version of the ace editor.

Repository: https://github.com/thlorenz/brace
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/brace
Homepage: http://thlorenz.github.io/brace/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-02-09T07:32:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4883, "days_push": 1301, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1065, forks 295 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:26.658345+00:00)

## What it is
A browserify-compatible packaging of the Ace code editor that inlines Ace's modes, themes, and web workers into a single npm-installable bundle. It lets you embed a fully functional browser code editor without hosting Ace scripts separately.

## Use cases
- embed a code editor in a browser app
- bundle ace editor with browserify
- add syntax-highlighted editing to a web page
- avoid hosting ace worker scripts on my server
- use ace editor with npm modules

## When to avoid
- you use modern bundlers like webpack or vite where Ace loads fine directly
- you need actively maintained editor features or recent Ace updates

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: editor, ui-components, developer-tools
- domain: frontend, web-development, text-editors, developer-tools
- platform: browser
- tags: ace-editor, browserify, code-editor, bundling, web-workers, nodejs, javascript

## Member repositories
- thlorenz/brace (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:26.658345+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 2026-08-30T06:55:32.443077+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/thlorenz/brace (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:26.658345+00:00, sha 71b8f6f4a00e)
  - homepage: http://thlorenz.github.io/brace/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:57:34.293380+00:00, sha b0ec9157051b)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/brace (fetched 2026-08-29T12:57:34.302345+00:00, sha 0eb41f73b14c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.