# c8r/kit

Tools for developing, documenting, and testing React component libraries

Repository: https://github.com/c8r/kit
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/c8r-kit
Homepage: https://compositor.io/kit
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: react, components, cli, development, documentation, testing, ui, design-systems, styleguide, library, isolation, mdx, jsx
Last push: 2022-12-08T17:15:29+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3205, "days_push": 1364, "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 1209, forks 30 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:59.827503+00:00)

## What it is
Compositor Kit is a set of tools including a zero-config CLI dev server and React utility components for developing, documenting, and testing React component libraries in isolation. It lets component examples be reused across development, documentation, and testing workflows.

## Use cases
- develop react components in isolation
- build a styleguide for a component library
- document react components with live examples
- test react components visually
- render cartesian product of component props
- preview components at multiple viewport sizes
- set up a zero-config react dev server

## When to choose
- you are building a react component library or design system
- you want one set of examples for dev, docs, and testing
- you need a quick zero-config isolated component playground

## When to avoid
- you need a full-featured modern docs site generator like Storybook
- your project is not react-based
- you need actively maintained tooling with recent releases

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cli, documentation, testing, ui-components, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools, documentation
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: react, design-systems, styleguide, component-library, mdx, isolated-development, nodejs

## Member repositories
- c8r/kit (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:59.827503+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 2026-08-30T06:18:34.412356+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/c8r/kit (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:59.827503+00:00, sha 5b8c7f28695e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.