# googlearchive/chromedeveditor

Chrome Dev Editor is a developer tool for building apps on the Chrome platform - Chrome Apps and Web Apps, in JavaScript or Dart. (NO LONGER IN ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT)

Repository: https://github.com/googlearchive/chromedeveditor
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/chromedeveditor
Language: Dart
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2016-06-16T07:34:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4732, "days_push": 3730, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2911, forks 406 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:29.252630+00:00)

## What it is
Chrome Dev Editor is a Chrome App-based IDE for building Chrome Apps and Web Apps in JavaScript or Dart, with Git and Polymer support. It is no longer in active development and was archived by Google.

## Use cases
- build chrome apps in javascript or dart
- lightweight ide for web app development
- edit dart code with polymer support
- develop web apps on chrome os
- git-based web development editor

## When to choose
- studying a Dart/Chrome App codebase example
- maintaining legacy Chrome Apps on old Chrome OS setups

## When to avoid
- any new project - it is abandoned and Chrome Apps are deprecated
- modern web development - use VS Code or similar
- developing for current Chrome platform APIs

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: editor, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, developer-tools, text-editors
- platform: windows, cross-platform, browser
- tags: chrome-apps, dart, polymer, ide, git-integration, archived, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- googlearchive/chromedeveditor (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:29.252630+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 2026-08-30T07:34:15.724953+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/googlearchive/chromedeveditor (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:29.252630+00:00, sha bc54a1e3f83d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.