# wking-io/elm-live

⚡ A flexible dev server for Elm. Live reload included.

Repository: https://github.com/wking-io/elm-live
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/elm-live
Homepage: https://elm-live.com
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: elm, livereload, developer-tools
Last push: 2022-06-18T15:21:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3945, "days_push": 1537, "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 1068, forks 59 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:27.584494+00:00)

## What it is
elm-live is a flexible development server for the Elm programming language that wraps elm make and serves your app with automatic live reload on file changes. It supports hot reloading, local SSL, pushstate for SPAs, and proxies.

## Use cases
- serve an Elm app with live reload during development
- auto-rebuild Elm projects when files change
- run a local dev server with SSL for Elm
- develop Elm single-page apps with pushstate support
- hot reload Elm applications in the browser

## When to choose
- you are building an Elm app and want a zero-config dev server with live reload
- you want automatic rebuilds on Elm file changes
- you need SPA-friendly serving with pushstate or proxies for Elm development

## When to avoid
- your project is not written in Elm
- you need a production web server rather than a dev tool
- you require a dev server with a large plugin ecosystem like webpack or Vite
- you need actively developed tooling - the latest release was in 2022

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: http-server, build-tool, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: elm, live-reload, dev-server, hot-reloading, elm-make, command-line, nodejs

## Member repositories
- wking-io/elm-live (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:27.584494+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 2026-08-30T06:55:08.090728+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/wking-io/elm-live (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:27.584494+00:00, sha eddf3369f642)
  - homepage: https://elm-live.com (fetched 2026-08-29T12:57:00.263604+00:00, sha a6aec00de742)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/elm-live (fetched 2026-08-29T12:57:00.273324+00:00, sha 8ac575285b94)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.