# wesbos/dad-jokes

dad jokes

Repository: https://github.com/wesbos/dad-jokes
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dad-jokes
License Family: other
Topics: dad-jokes, dads, jokes, terrible, omg-seriously, cringe
Last push: 2026-03-02T20:39:01+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 64/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 70, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4398, "days_push": 184, "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 2716, forks 300 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:12.095871+00:00)

## What it is
A community-curated collection of dad-style programming jokes maintained by Wes Bos. Contributors submit jokes via pull requests, which are merged if they make the maintainer laugh.

## Use cases
- find programming jokes for a tech talk
- add humor to a developer newsletter
- contribute a programming joke
- get material for a conference lightning talk
- entertain a developer team

## When to choose
- you want lighthearted programming humor
- you need joke material for developer audiences
- you want to contribute jokes to an open collection

## When to avoid
- you need functional software or code
- you want jokes outside programming topics

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation
- domain: developer-tools, entertainment
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: dad-jokes, humor, programming-jokes, community-contributions

## Member repositories
- wesbos/dad-jokes (main) score 64

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:12.095871+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 2026-08-30T02:15:21.912156+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/wesbos/dad-jokes (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:12.095871+00:00, sha aabd86659a7b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.