# gulpjs/gulp

A toolkit to automate & enhance your workflow

Repository: https://github.com/gulpjs/gulp
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gulp
Homepage: https://gulpjs.com
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-02-09T06:30:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 52/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 66, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4808, "days_push": 205, "days_rel": 458, "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 32946, forks 4133 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:57.940268+00:00)

## What it is
Gulp is a JavaScript-based streaming build system and task runner that automates repetitive development workflow tasks like compiling, minifying, and copying assets. It uses Node.js streams and Vinyl file objects so transformations happen in memory, with a large ecosystem of single-purpose plugins that chain together into build pipelines.

## Use cases
- automate repetitive build tasks in my web project
- compile and minify Sass/Less and JavaScript assets
- set up a watch task to rebuild files on change
- create an asset pipeline with plugins like Babel and Uglify
- run build tasks in series or parallel
- optimize images and other assets during build

## When to choose
- you prefer code-over-configuration build files written in plain JavaScript
- you want fast, in-memory streaming transformations of files
- you need a large ecosystem of community plugins for asset processing
- you want simple, composable tasks with series/parallel orchestration

## When to avoid
- you need a full-featured bundler with module resolution and code splitting (use webpack, Rollup, esbuild, or Vite)
- you prefer declarative configuration over writing JavaScript task code
- your project is a modern SPA where a bundler's dev server and HMR are expected

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: stable
- function: build-tool, workflow-automation, cli, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: streaming-build-system, task-runner, asset-pipeline, gulp-plugins, vinyl, code-over-configuration, automation, nodejs

## Member repositories
- gulpjs/gulp (main) score 52

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:57.940268+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 2026-08-29T16:51:44.807390+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gulpjs/gulp (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:57.940268+00:00, sha 0679fffb6fb7)
  - homepage: https://gulpjs.com (fetched 2026-08-29T07:49:06.387636+00:00, sha c2b0e7c74f50)
  - site_page: https://gulpjs.com/docs/en/getting-started/quick-start (fetched 2026-08-29T07:49:06.390808+00:00, sha 92051d20b316)
  - site_page: https://gulpjs.com/docs/en/api/concepts (fetched 2026-08-29T07:49:06.392637+00:00, sha 3d94799321e6)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/gulp (fetched 2026-08-29T07:49:06.394741+00:00, sha a6e7fd7feaff)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.