# fbrctr/fabricator

A tool for building website UI toolkits and style guides

Repository: https://github.com/fbrctr/fabricator
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/fabricator
Homepage: http://fbrctr.github.io/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-12-12T16:39:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4642, "days_push": 2456, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1093, forks 122 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:33.709691+00:00)

## What it is
Fabricator is a Node.js tool for building website UI toolkits and generating style guides from component code. It uses Gulp, Handlebars, and BrowserSync to provide an optimized build pipeline and rapid prototyping workflow for design systems.

## Use cases
- build a custom UI toolkit for a client project
- generate a style guide from component code
- document a design system with markdown
- prototype frontend components quickly
- create tiny bootstraps for every client

## When to choose
- you need a bespoke UI toolkit and living style guide for a client
- you want a Gulp-based build with Handlebars templating and BrowserSync live reload
- you prefer organizing your design system with your own taxonomy

## When to avoid
- you want a modern toolchain with active maintenance and current dependencies
- you prefer component-driven frameworks like Storybook or Style Dictionary
- your stack is not Node.js/Gulp based

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: build-tool, templating, static-site-generator, ui-components, documentation
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design, developer-tools, documentation
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: style-guide, ui-toolkit, design-system, handlebars, gulp, browsersync, nodejs

## Member repositories
- fbrctr/fabricator (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:33.709691+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 2026-08-30T06:47:50.493630+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/fbrctr/fabricator (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:33.709691+00:00, sha a98076c6e518)
  - homepage: http://fbrctr.github.io/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:50:50.541452+00:00, sha 81b0fec3c79b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.