# zenorocha/browser-diet

:fries: The definitive front-end performance guide

Repository: https://github.com/zenorocha/browser-diet
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/browser-diet
Homepage: https://browserdiet.com
Language: CSS
License Family: other
Last push: 2021-02-01T10:56:54+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": 5357, "days_push": 2039, "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 2177, forks 423 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:22.863070+00:00)

## What it is
Browser Diet is an open-source front-end performance guide ('How to lose weight in the browser') published as a static website built with DocPad. It collects curated tips on optimizing page load, rendering, and asset delivery, contributed in Markdown with cited references.

## Use cases
- learn front-end performance optimization
- speed up website page load times
- find web performance best practices
- reduce page weight and asset size
- reference guide for frontend optimization tips
- onboard junior developers to web performance

## When to choose
- you want a curated, reference-backed collection of front-end performance tips
- you prefer a readable guide over tooling
- you need multilingual performance documentation

## When to avoid
- you need automated performance auditing or tooling rather than a guide
- you need up-to-date advice covering modern techniques like HTTP/3 or Core Web Vitals, since the project has seen little activity since 2021
- you need a maintained library with a license for production use

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, frontend, performance, tutorials
- platform: browser
- tags: front-end-performance, web-optimization, static-site, guide, docpad, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- zenorocha/browser-diet (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:22.863070+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 2026-08-30T02:48:51.501619+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/zenorocha/browser-diet (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:22.863070+00:00, sha 2dce9b1be953)
  - homepage: https://browserdiet.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:28:54.898569+00:00, sha 8f9b8bb843f2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.