# maccman/holla

Holla! - Rich JavaScript Application

Repository: https://github.com/maccman/holla
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/holla
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Last push: 2011-07-22T19:54:48+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": 5804, "days_push": 5521, "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 1059, forks 193 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:25.407916+00:00)

## What it is
Holla is an open-source group chat application built as a Rich Internet Application with a fully asynchronous JavaScript UI. It was released as a companion example for a book on building Rich Internet Applications, showcasing Spine.js, Less, Sprockets, Juggernaut 2, and CSS3 theming.

## Use cases
- build a real-time group chat app with websockets
- study an example of rich internet application architecture in JavaScript
- learn CSS3 theming techniques for mobile-style chat UIs
- see how to do asynchronous file uploads with progress bars
- explore integrating Juggernaut 2 push server with a Rails backend
- reference a Spine.js frontend application example
- set up a chat app with Redis and Rails on Ruby 1.9.2

## When to choose
- you need a historical reference implementation of a 2011-era RIA chat app
- you are following the author's book on Rich Internet Applications with JavaScript
- you want to study Spine.js, Juggernaut, or Sprockets in a real project
- you need an example of CSS3 theming inspired by jQuery Mobile

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained, production-ready chat solution - the project is from 2011 with no license and no releases since
- you must support non-WebKit browsers like Firefox, since the app requires Safari or Chrome
- you want a modern JavaScript stack - it depends on Ruby 1.9.2, Rails, and outdated tooling
- you need a permissively licensed codebase you can legally reuse

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: chat-interface, websocket, web-framework, frontend-framework, ui-components, file-upload, css-framework, state-management
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools, tutorials
- platform: ruby, browser, cross-platform
- tags: group-chat, rich-internet-application, ria, spine-js, juggernaut, less-css, sprockets, css3-theming, async-uploads, rails, redis, webkit-only, example-app, book-companion, legacy-javascript, messaging, real-time, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- maccman/holla (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:25.407916+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 2026-08-30T06:57:15.526859+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/maccman/holla (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:25.407916+00:00, sha 1a95da95b904)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.