ender-js/Ender

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1747 stars · 66 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Ender is a Node.js-based package manager and build tool for the browser that lets developers search, install, and compile front-end JavaScript packages and their dependencies into a single custom build. It is not itself a JavaScript library but a tool for assembling small, loosely coupled browser modules.

Use cases

• bundle front-end JavaScript packages into one file
• manage browser-side package dependencies like npm for the browser
• build a custom micro-library from small modules instead of a monolithic framework
• replace an unmaintained front-end package with an alternative
• pin specific versions of browser packages in a build

When to choose

• maintaining or auditing a legacy codebase that already uses Ender builds
• studying historical front-end package management approaches

When to avoid

• starting any new front-end project - the project is unmaintained and modern bundlers and npm have superseded it
• you need a runtime JavaScript library or DOM utility - Ender explicitly is not one
• you need active support, security updates, or modern module formats like ESM

Facets

cli-tool · maturity abandoned

package-manager build-tool cli developer-tools frontend web-development developer-tools cli browser browser-packages front-end-build npm-ecosystem module-bundling historical command-line nodejs

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