# GoogleChromeLabs/clooney

Clooney is an actor library for the web. Use workers without thinking about workers.

Repository: https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/clooney
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/clooney
Language: JavaScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-07-02T13:00:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 73/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 90, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3115, "days_push": 62, "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 1420, forks 36 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:40.504142+00:00)

## What it is
Clooney is an actor library for the web that instantiates classes inside Web Workers so expensive work runs off the main thread. It uses Comlink under the hood so worker instances can be called as if they were local objects.

## Use cases
- run expensive calculations off the main thread
- use web workers without writing worker boilerplate
- spawn classes in workers like local objects
- keep the UI responsive during heavy computation
- call async worker methods transparently
- distribute work across multiple workers with round-robin

## When to choose
- you want a simple actor-style API over Web Workers
- your class is self-contained and doesn't rely on outer scope
- you're already comfortable with Comlink's proxy approach
- you need multi-worker strategies like round-robin

## When to avoid
- your class depends heavily on surrounding scope or DOM access
- you need ES module workers or modern worker features
- you need fine-grained control over worker messaging
- the project appears minimally maintained for newer platform features

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: concurrency, rpc, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: browser
- tags: web-workers, actor-model, comlink, off-main-thread, browser-library, javascript, web-server

## Member repositories
- GoogleChromeLabs/clooney (main) score 73

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:40.504142+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 2026-08-30T04:37:47.586800+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/clooney (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:40.504142+00:00, sha fc1d5620f318)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.