# stemmlerjs/ddd-forum

Hacker news-inspired forum app built with TypeScript using DDD practices from solidbook.io.

Repository: https://github.com/stemmlerjs/ddd-forum
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ddd-forum
Homepage: https://dddforum.com
Language: TypeScript
License: ISC
License Family: permissive
Topics: hackernews, ddd, typescript
Last push: 2023-06-10T05:59:04+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": 2528, "days_push": 1180, "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 2092, forks 467 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:12.573558+00:00)

## What it is
A Hacker News-inspired forum application built with TypeScript, demonstrating Domain-Driven Design and Clean Architecture practices from solidbook.io. It serves as a full-stack reference implementation combining Express, Sequelize, Redis, React, and Redux.

## Use cases
- learn domain-driven design with a real TypeScript codebase
- study clean architecture in a full-stack app
- reference example for structuring a Node.js backend with DDD
- see how to organize React and Redux frontend code
- clone a hacker news-style forum to build on
- learn SOLID principles applied in TypeScript

## When to choose
- you want a practical, working example of DDD and clean architecture in TypeScript
- you're following solidbook.io and want the companion codebase
- you need a reference for structuring an Express + React full-stack project

## When to avoid
- you need a production-ready forum to deploy as-is
- you want a minimal or lightweight starter template
- you don't use TypeScript or the Node.js ecosystem

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: web-framework, orm, state-management, auth, http-server
- domain: web-development, backend, frontend, developer-tools, education
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: domain-driven-design, clean-architecture, solid-principles, hacker-news-clone, forum, learning-project, react, redux, express, sequelize, redis, solidbook, nodejs, typescript, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- stemmlerjs/ddd-forum (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:12.573558+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 2026-08-30T02:55:31.175124+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/stemmlerjs/ddd-forum (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:12.573558+00:00, sha 0b4337a94de2)
  - homepage: https://dddforum.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:35:31.735416+00:00, sha e3f43543e979)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.