gitana/alpaca
Alpaca provides the easiest way to generate interactive HTML5 forms for web and mobile applications. It uses JSON Schema and simple Handlebars templates to generate great looking, dynamic user interfaces on top of Twitter Bootstrap, jQuery UI, jQuery Mobile and HTML5. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
65/100
- Activity 93
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: 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: 5803
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 43
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1305 stars · 357 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Alpaca is a JavaScript forms engine that generates interactive HTML5 forms from JSON Schema using Handlebars templates. It renders forms on top of Twitter Bootstrap, jQuery UI, jQuery Mobile, or plain HTML5, with extensible controls, layouts, validation, and I18N support.
Use cases
- generate forms from json schema
- build interactive html5 forms for web and mobile
- render bootstrap-styled forms dynamically
- create form wizards with validation
- build json-driven forms for a cms backend
- internationalize form labels and messages
- render the same form across multiple ui frameworks
When to choose
- you need schema-driven forms rendered across Bootstrap, jQuery UI, or jQuery Mobile
- you want a mature, extensible forms engine with many built-in field types
- your stack is jQuery-based and you want forms without rewriting per device
When to avoid
- you use a modern framework like React or Vue with its own form ecosystem
- you need active community development - the latest release dates to 2019
- you want a dependency-free forms solution without jQuery and Handlebars
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
form-handling ui-components templating serialization internationalization web-development frontend web-design cross-platform browser json-schema jquery bootstrap handlebars html5-forms form-generator jquery-mobile jquery-ui validation wizards javascript web-server mobile
5 sources
- readme: https://github.com/gitana/alpaca · fetched 2026-08-28 · 78dd231a5741
- homepage: http://www.alpacajs.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · ec4bb48a1c5e
- site_page: http://www.alpacajs.org/documentation.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8e5b13454d93
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/alpaca · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1e22e271d92b
- site_page: http://www.alpacajs.org/download.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0332db80712d
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| gitana/alpaca | main | 65 |
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