# cujojs/curl

curl.js is small, fast, extensible module loader that handles AMD, CommonJS Modules/1.1, CSS, HTML/text, and legacy scripts.

Repository: https://github.com/cujojs/curl
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cujojs-curl
Homepage: https://github.com/cujojs/curl/wiki
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2019-05-04T01:15:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5692, "days_push": 2679, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1872, forks 202 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:47.009573+00:00)

## What it is
curl.js is a small, fast, extensible AMD-compliant asynchronous module loader for browsers that also handles CommonJS modules, CSS, text, and legacy scripts. Development has stopped and the project is deprecated, with maintainers only responding to issues.

## Use cases
- load AMD modules asynchronously in the browser
- load CommonJS modules in a web page
- load CSS and text files in parallel with JavaScript dependencies
- wait for domReady before executing modules
- load legacy non-AMD JavaScript files in parallel
- bundle modules with the cram build tool

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy codebase already built on AMD or cujoJS
- you need a tiny (~4KB gzipped) AMD loader for old browsers like IE6+
- you must load mixed resources (JS, CSS, text) with dependency ordering in an older browser environment

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - use native ES modules or a modern bundler instead
- you need actively maintained tooling or security fixes
- your app runs from the file: protocol rather than a web server

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: build-tool, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: browser
- tags: amd-loader, module-loader, async-loading, deprecated, commonjs, css-loading, javascript

## Member repositories
- cujojs/curl (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:47.009573+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 2026-08-30T03:14:57.481221+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cujojs/curl (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:47.009573+00:00, sha 0b0c9c719b3a)
  - homepage: https://github.com/cujojs/curl/wiki (fetched 2026-08-29T10:54:01.838706+00:00, sha 6e97d4759a9d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.