# letsgetrandy/brototype

Bro, do you even?

Repository: https://github.com/letsgetrandy/brototype
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/brototype
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2021-03-22T05:12:15+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": 4380, "days_push": 1990, "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 1969, forks 51 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:00.700798+00:00)

## What it is
Brototype is a small JavaScript utility library for safely accessing, testing, and setting deeply nested object properties without verbose existence checks. It wraps objects in a 'Bro' helper offering methods like doYouEven, iCanHaz, and makeItHappen.

## Use cases
- safely check if a deeply nested object property exists
- get a nested value without throwing undefined errors
- set deeply nested properties on an object in one call
- call a nested function only if it exists
- access nested properties with array indices and namespaced keys
- replace verbose if-chains guarding nested object access

## When to choose
- you work with deeply nested or unpredictable API response objects in JavaScript
- you want a lightweight, dependency-free alternative to manual existence checks
- you enjoy a humorous API and don't mind meme-style method names

## When to avoid
- you use modern JavaScript with optional chaining (?.) and nullish coalescing
- you prefer conventional, professional API naming in your codebase
- you need TypeScript type safety around nested property access

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: javascript, nested-objects, optional-chaining, humor, utility, nodejs

## Member repositories
- letsgetrandy/brototype (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:00.700798+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 2026-08-30T03:05:09.945050+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/letsgetrandy/brototype (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:00.700798+00:00, sha cc921fdccc9d)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/brototype (fetched 2026-08-29T10:45:04.047656+00:00, sha 7e9e3b4c7363)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.