# jackdclark/five

Gives you five

Repository: https://github.com/jackdclark/five
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/five
Homepage: https://five.js.org/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: five, 5
Last push: 2022-12-16T02:34:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4451, "days_push": 1357, "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 1539, forks 244 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:00.425444+00:00)

## What it is
five is a novelty JavaScript library that overcomplicates the number 5, returning 5 from a function call with dozens of playful variants like roman numerals, morse code, multilingual spellings, and factorial. It is a joke/parody package popular for its absurdist humor rather than practical utility.

## Use cases
- get the number five in javascript
- convert five to roman numerals
- spell five in different languages
- make a joke dependency for a demo project
- compute five factorial
- get five in morse code

## When to choose
- you want a humorous gag dependency or demo joke
- you need a lighthearted example for teaching npm/module usage
- you want five in many languages or formats for fun

## When to avoid
- you need real numeric or i18n utilities
- you care about minimal dependencies in production
- you need actively maintained or serious software

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, programming-languages
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: novelty, joke-library, javascript, humor, nodejs

## Member repositories
- jackdclark/five (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:00.425444+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 2026-08-30T04:30:54.169122+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jackdclark/five (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:00.425444+00:00, sha 31b8629743c4)
  - homepage: https://five.js.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:32:36.100033+00:00, sha f1e4669676e6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.