# dogescript/dogescript

wow so syntax very doge much future

Repository: https://github.com/dogescript/dogescript
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dogescript
Homepage: http://dogescript.io
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-08-27T02:46:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 40/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 39, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4686, "days_push": 371, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1336, forks 92 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:25.431810+00:00)

## What it is
Dogescript is a joke compile-to-JavaScript programming language with doge-meme syntax, distributed as an npm package. It ships a CLI compiler and REPL that convert .djs files into JavaScript.

## Use cases
- compile dogescript files to javascript
- try a doge meme programming language in a repl
- write a toy program in dogescript
- integrate dogescript compilation into a build pipeline
- learn how a compile-to-js language works

## When to choose
- you want a fun novelty language that compiles to JavaScript
- you need a CLI or REPL for dogescript .djs files
- you're building a demo or joke project in dogescript

## When to avoid
- you need a production-ready language with robust tooling
- you want serious compile-to-JS alternatives like TypeScript or CoffeeScript
- you need guaranteed correctness - the parser is admittedly bug-prone

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: compiler, interpreter, cli, programming-language
- domain: programming-languages, compilers, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: compile-to-javascript, dogescript, meme-language, repl, transpiler, novelty-language, command-line, nodejs

## Member repositories
- dogescript/dogescript (main) score 40

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:25.431810+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 2026-08-30T04:44:15.258399+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dogescript/dogescript (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:25.431810+00:00, sha fe8b20e0e57f)
  - homepage: http://dogescript.io (fetched 2026-08-29T12:03:47.044564+00:00, sha 93ee04a0b46a)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/dogescript (fetched 2026-08-29T12:03:47.053924+00:00, sha 1be103dce867)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.