# rtfeldman/elm-spa-example

A Single Page Application written in Elm

Repository: https://github.com/rtfeldman/elm-spa-example
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/elm-spa-example
Homepage: https://dev.to/rtfeldman/tour-of-an-open-source-elm-spa
Language: Elm
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-11-03T22:11:23+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": 3404, "days_push": 1034, "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 3304, forks 516 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:55.774328+00:00)

## What it is
A fully fledged Single Page Application written in Elm, implementing the RealWorld (Conduit) spec with CRUD, authentication, routing, and pagination. It serves as a reference codebase showing how to structure and scale a real-world Elm SPA, accompanied by a detailed writeup and talk.

## Use cases
- learn how to structure a large single page application in Elm
- see a real-world Elm codebase with auth and routing
- study patterns for scaling Elm apps
- compare an Elm SPA implementation against other frontend frameworks
- find a reference implementation of the RealWorld spec in Elm
- understand how to handle pagination and page transitions in Elm

## When to choose
- you want to learn idiomatic Elm by reading a production-quality codebase
- you need a reference for organizing a mid-to-large Elm SPA
- you want to see how RealWorld's Conduit spec is implemented in Elm

## When to avoid
- you need a gentle introduction to Elm for beginners
- you want a reusable library or framework rather than an example application
- you need a maintained production app rather than a reference implementation

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: stable
- function: routing, auth, state-management
- domain: web-development, frontend, education
- platform: browser
- tags: elm, spa, realworld, example-app, crud, single-page-application, reference-codebase

## Member repositories
- rtfeldman/elm-spa-example (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:55.774328+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 2026-08-29T18:42:55.643175+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rtfeldman/elm-spa-example (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:55.774328+00:00, sha 0da6fe4a3ca4)
  - homepage: https://dev.to/rtfeldman/tour-of-an-open-source-elm-spa (fetched 2026-08-29T09:35:18.295971+00:00, sha 211477222b53)
  - site_page: https://dev.to/about (fetched 2026-08-29T09:35:18.299261+00:00, sha 51889b12ec57)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.