# sindresorhus/gulp-rev

Static asset revisioning by appending content hash to filenames: `unicorn.css` → `unicorn-d41d8cd98f.css`

Repository: https://github.com/sindresorhus/gulp-rev
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gulp-rev
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: gulp-plugin, rev, javascript, hash, manifest, nodejs
Last push: 2025-10-31T05:27:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 50/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 49, release rhythm 22, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4644, "days_push": 306, "days_rel": 306, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1536, forks 209 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:59.996261+00:00)

## What it is
A Gulp plugin that renames static assets by appending a content hash to their filenames (e.g., unicorn.css → unicorn-d41d8cd98f.css) for cache busting. It also generates a JSON manifest mapping original paths to revisioned paths.

## Use cases
- cache-bust static assets in a gulp build pipeline
- append content hashes to css and js filenames
- generate a manifest mapping original asset paths to hashed paths
- enable far-future caching of static assets safely
- version assets on every build in a gulp workflow

## When to choose
- you already use Gulp and need cache-busting asset revisioning
- you want a simple content-hash rename plus JSON manifest
- you need stable, feature-complete fingerprinting without extra complexity

## When to avoid
- your build uses Webpack, Vite, or another bundler with built-in hashing
- you need active feature development - the project is feature complete
- you don't use Gulp as your task runner

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: build-tool, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools, performance
- platform: cli
- tags: gulp-plugin, cache-busting, asset-revisioning, content-hash, fingerprinting, static-assets, manifest, nodejs

## Member repositories
- sindresorhus/gulp-rev (main) score 50

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:59.996261+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 2026-08-30T04:31:06.401978+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sindresorhus/gulp-rev (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:59.996261+00:00, sha 8b054d72cde8)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/gulp-rev (fetched 2026-08-29T11:33:06.003964+00:00, sha 087269c6276a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.