facebookarchive/fb-flo
A Chrome extension that lets you modify running apps without reloading them. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4504
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 3914
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1679 stars · 86 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
fb-flo is a Chrome extension plus a Node.js server that lets developers modify running web apps without reloading, live-editing JavaScript, CSS, images, and other static resources. It integrates with arbitrary build systems and editors by watching source files and pushing updated resources to the browser.
Use cases
- live edit JavaScript and CSS in a running app without reloading
- integrate hot reloading into a complex build step like browserify bundling
- develop on a remote machine and push changes to a local browser
- use my own editor instead of browser dev tools for live editing
- live update images and other static resources in the browser
When to avoid
- starting a new project - the project is unmaintained and modern tooling (webpack HMR, Vite, Browsersync) supersedes it
- you need support for current Chrome extension APIs
- you need cross-browser live reload
Facets
plugin · maturity abandoned
developer-tools build-tool web-development frontend developer-tools browser-extension browser live-reload hot-reload chrome-extension live-editing deprecated nodejs
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/facebookarchive/fb-flo · fetched 2026-08-28 · 48466f4d99b8
- homepage: https://facebookarchive.github.io/fb-flo/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · fce3f4145512
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| facebookarchive/fb-flo | main | 10 |
For agents
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