# colmena/colmena

Free and Open Source  Full Stack RAPID API DEVELOPMENT | CURRENTLY UNMAINTAINED - READ MORE HERE ➡️

Repository: https://github.com/colmena/colmena
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/colmena-colmena
Homepage: https://github.com/colmena/colmena/issues/364#issuecomment-382581859
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: loopback, javascript, angular, node, mit, help-wanted, ng2, ng4, typescript, colmena-cms, colmena, monorepo, coreui
Archived: true
Last push: 2017-12-01T03:46:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4416, "days_push": 3197, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1382, forks 391 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:34.437003+00:00)

## What it is
Colmena is a free and open source full-stack starter kit for rapid API development, combining a LoopBack-based REST API with an Angular admin interface built on CoreUI. It is structured as a lerna monorepo with extensible modules and packages for both the API and admin apps.

## Use cases
- bootstrap a REST API with an admin dashboard quickly
- build a LoopBack API with an Angular admin UI
- scaffold a full-stack JavaScript admin panel
- rapidly prototype an API with authentication and ACLs
- extend a modular monorepo API starter kit

## When to choose
- you want a LoopBack + Angular starter with an admin interface
- you need a quick prototype of an API with an admin panel
- you like modular monorepo structures for full-stack apps

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software - the repo was archived in 2020
- you need production-grade security - only basic ACLs are implemented
- you want modern Angular or LoopBack versions

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: abandoned
- function: api-framework, web-framework, auth, ui-components
- domain: web-development, backend, frontend, apis, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: loopback, angular, admin-dashboard, starter-kit, monorepo, rapid-api-development, coreui, archived, nodejs, javascript, typescript

## Member repositories
- colmena/colmena (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:34.437003+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 2026-08-30T04:40:06.488150+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/colmena/colmena (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:34.437003+00:00, sha 30c813d369f8)
  - homepage: https://github.com/colmena/colmena/issues/364#issuecomment-382581859 (fetched 2026-08-29T11:56:12.078613+00:00, sha a65f6d026400)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.