# mauricemach/coffeekup

Markup as CoffeeScript.

Repository: https://github.com/mauricemach/coffeekup
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/coffeekup
Language: CoffeeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2011-10-26T01:50:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5843, "days_push": 5426, "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 1246, forks 81 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:07.234403+00:00)

## What it is
CoffeeKup is a templating engine for Node.js and browsers that lets you write HTML templates in pure CoffeeScript, inspired by Markaby's 'markup as Ruby' concept. Templates are just CoffeeScript functions, enabling a single language for both server and client-side rendering.

## Use cases
- generate HTML from CoffeeScript templates in Node.js
- render templates in the browser with CoffeeScript
- avoid learning a separate template language like Jade or HAML
- write server and client templates in one language
- build HTML with programmatic CoffeeScript logic like loops and conditionals

## When to choose
- your codebase is written in CoffeeScript and you want templates in the same language
- you prefer programmatic template generation over string-based template syntax
- you need the same templating engine on both server and client

## When to avoid
- your project uses plain JavaScript or modern tooling (CoffeeScript is largely legacy)
- you need an actively maintained templating library with recent updates
- you prefer declarative template syntax over code-based templates

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: templating, web-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, backend
- platform: browser
- tags: coffeescript, html-templating, markaby-inspired, client-side-templating, nodejs, javascript

## Member repositories
- mauricemach/coffeekup (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:07.234403+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 2026-08-30T05:08:04.914977+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mauricemach/coffeekup (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:07.234403+00:00, sha 0d1ead7848d3)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/coffeekup (fetched 2026-08-29T12:19:35.779923+00:00, sha 4a00f50d33c9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.