# mattdesl/budo

:clapper: a dev server for rapid prototyping

Repository: https://github.com/mattdesl/budo
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/budo
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2022-08-30T10:40:36+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": 4218, "days_push": 1464, "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 2169, forks 104 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:21.609231+00:00)

## What it is
Budo is a browserify-based development server for rapid front-end prototyping, offering incremental bundling, LiveReload with CSS injection, and a default index.html. It is usable from the command line or via a rich Node.js API for building custom dev tools.

## Use cases
- run a local dev server for browserify bundles
- live reload css and js while prototyping
- serve a default index.html for quick experiments
- incrementally rebuild on file save without stale bundles
- build custom development tooling on a server api
- serve static files with livereload without bundling

## When to choose
- you use browserify/watchify and want an integrated dev server with livereload
- you want fast incremental bundling during rapid prototyping
- you need a programmable dev server api for custom tooling

## When to avoid
- your project uses webpack, vite, or esbuild instead of browserify
- you need a production web server
- you need actively maintained tooling with modern ecosystem support

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: http-server, developer-tools, cli
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: browserify, livereload, dev-server, hot-reload, prototyping, watchify, command-line, nodejs

## Member repositories
- mattdesl/budo (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:21.609231+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 2026-08-30T02:49:27.613214+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mattdesl/budo (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:21.609231+00:00, sha b28717a8adfb)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/budo (fetched 2026-08-29T10:29:50.078312+00:00, sha b70ea5191af7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.