# 1602/compound

MVC framework. Built on Node.JS. Works on server and browser.

Repository: https://github.com/1602/compound
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/compound
Homepage: http://compoundjs.com
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Last push: 2017-05-29T19:52:48+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": 5715, "days_push": 3383, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1591, forks 179 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:08.597547+00:00)

## What it is
CompoundJS is an MVC web framework for Node.js built on top of ExpressJS, providing structure, resource-based routing, JugglingDB ORM, and code generators for rapid web application development. It includes a CLI for initializing apps, generating scaffolds, running servers, and debugging routes.

## Use cases
- build a structured MVC web app in node
- generate CRUD scaffolds for models
- rails-like framework for express
- resource-based routing for nodejs
- scaffold a blog app from the command line
- use an ORM with multi-database support in node

## When to choose
- you want a Rails-style MVC structure on top of ExpressJS
- you need rapid scaffolding and generators for Node.js apps
- you want built-in ORM, i18n, and CoffeeScript support

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained framework with recent security patches
- you prefer modern async/await-era Node.js frameworks
- starting a new project today - the project has had no releases since 2017

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: abandoned
- function: web-framework, routing, orm, templating, cli, internationalization
- domain: web-development, backend, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: mvc, expressjs, rails-like, scaffolding, jugglingdb, generators, coffee-script, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- 1602/compound (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:08.597547+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 2026-08-30T03:54:42.412445+00:00, confidence not recorded.
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  - homepage: http://compoundjs.com (fetched 2026-08-29T11:25:35.086146+00:00, sha b0d85fdf9714)
  - site_page: http://compoundjs.com/docs/index.html (fetched 2026-08-29T11:25:35.098990+00:00, sha def4550d9728)
  - site_page: http://compoundjs.com/docs.html (fetched 2026-08-29T11:25:35.102119+00:00, sha ad859d4c4b6b)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/compound (fetched 2026-08-29T11:25:35.104801+00:00, sha afd67df1ac9d)
  - site_page: http://compoundjs.com/man/changelog.3.html (fetched 2026-08-29T11:25:35.095449+00:00, sha e1238cd4e073)
  - site_page: http://compoundjs.com/man/compound.1.html (fetched 2026-08-29T11:25:35.097319+00:00, sha 5b08c1a4106f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.