# hyperfiddle/electric

Electric Clojure: full-stack differential dataflow for UI

Repository: https://github.com/hyperfiddle/electric
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hyperfiddle-electric
Language: Clojure
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-03-28T11:22:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 74, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2163, "days_push": 158, "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 2137, forks 57 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:18.112970+00:00)

## What it is
Electric Clojure is a full-stack Clojure/Script framework where client and server code compose in the same expression, with a compiler that infers the network boundary and generates coordinated reactive client and server programs. It treats UIs as streaming DAGs using differential dataflow, eliminating hand-written network plumbing.

## Use cases
- build rich interactive web apps without writing API plumbing
- avoid request waterfalls and over/under fetching in full-stack apps
- write frontend and backend logic in the same function
- build realtime streaming UIs with reactive control flow
- let the compiler decide the client/server network cut
- replace observables and async types with language-level reactivity

## When to choose
- your app has heavy interactivity and realtime streaming between client and server
- you want a unified Clojure/Script codebase with compiler-inferred network boundaries
- you're tired of hand-managing API endpoints, serialization, and data fetching

## When to avoid
- you need a stable, production-proven framework with a permissive license
- your team doesn't use Clojure
- you're building a simple request/response website or CRUD app
- you rely on a large ecosystem of JavaScript libraries and tooling

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: experimental
- function: web-framework, state-management, compiler, rpc, streaming
- domain: web-development, frontend, backend, microservices
- platform: jvm-scripting, browser, cross-platform
- tags: differential-dataflow, reactive-programming, full-stack, multi-tier, network-transparency, clojurescript, real-time, web-server

## Member repositories
- hyperfiddle/electric (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:18.112970+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 2026-08-30T02:51:50.521686+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hyperfiddle/electric (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:18.112970+00:00, sha b01569a94023)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.