# WhatCD/Gazelle

Repository: https://github.com/WhatCD/Gazelle
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gazelle
Homepage: http://whatcd.github.io/Gazelle/
Language: PHP
License Family: other
Last push: 2016-11-08T08:00:30+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": 4812, "days_push": 3585, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1905, forks 352 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:51.895297+00:00)

## What it is
Gazelle is a PHP/JavaScript/MySQL web framework built for running private BitTorrent tracker sites, originally developed by What.CD. It integrates with Nginx, Memcached, and Sphinx search, and includes a C++ tracker component (Ocelot).

## Use cases
- run a private bittorrent tracker site
- host a music torrent community
- build a torrent tracker web application
- self-host a private tracker with search and forums

## When to choose
- you want a proven, feature-complete codebase for a private music tracker
- you need a self-hosted tracker with integrated forums, requests, and torrent search

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained project with security patches
- you want a modern PHP framework or easy installation outside Gentoo-style setups
- your use case is unrelated to torrent trackers

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: abandoned
- function: web-framework, search-engine, caching
- domain: web-development, backend
- platform: php, self-hosted
- tags: bittorrent, private-trackers, torrent-site, mysql, sphinx, linux, web-server

## Member repositories
- WhatCD/Gazelle (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:51.895297+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 2026-08-30T03:11:42.522800+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/WhatCD/Gazelle (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:51.895297+00:00, sha 99f49c9caf81)
  - homepage: http://whatcd.github.io/Gazelle/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:50:39.103384+00:00, sha 9f93b4a6d47d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.