# intercellular/cell

A self-driving web app framework

Repository: https://github.com/intercellular/cell
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cell
Homepage: https://www.celljs.org
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2018-11-01T07:19:43+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3375, "days_push": 2862, "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 1500, forks 93 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:54.181075+00:00)

## What it is
Cell is a JavaScript web app framework that builds applications as JSON-like declarative data structures powered by a self-driving DOM. It requires no build tools, no npm, and no API to learn—just three rules and a single script tag in an HTML file.

## Use cases
- build a web app in a single HTML file
- prototype UIs without npm or webpack
- embed interactive widgets into existing websites
- write apps as human-readable JSON-like structures
- learn a frontend framework with almost no API
- create stateless modular components with vanilla JavaScript

## When to choose
- you want zero build tooling and a single-file workflow
- you need to embed a small interactive app into an existing page
- you prefer declarative JSON-like component definitions
- you want a minimal learning curve for simple UIs

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained framework with active community support
- you are building large, complex applications with rich ecosystem needs
- you require TypeScript, JSX, or modern tooling integration
- you need long-term stability and security updates

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: abandoned
- function: frontend-framework, web-framework, state-management, templating
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: browser
- tags: self-driving-dom, no-build-tools, -like-syntax, vanilla-javascript, single-file-apps, javascript, web

## Member repositories
- intercellular/cell (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:54.181075+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 2026-08-30T04:33:00.070827+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/intercellular/cell (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:54.181075+00:00, sha e0809ce1d7b7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.