# node-app/Interpreter

Node.js Interpreter for iOS 7

Repository: https://github.com/node-app/Interpreter
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/interpreter
Homepage: http://nodeapp.org
Language: Objective-C
License Family: other
Last push: 2015-05-14T07:16:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4706, "days_push": 4129, "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 1291, forks 107 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:15.696169+00:00)

## What it is
An iOS example app that implements a Node.js-compatible JavaScript interpreter using the Nodelike framework on top of JavaScriptCore.framework. It lets users type and execute Node-style JavaScript code on iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks devices.

## Use cases
- run node.js scripts on an iphone or ipad
- execute javascript code locally on ios without a server
- experiment with node-style require, fs, http, and net modules on a mobile device
- prototype node.js code snippets on the go
- embed a node-compatible runtime in an ios app

## When to choose
- you need to run Node.js-style JavaScript on iOS 7 or OS X 10.9 with JavaScriptCore
- you want a lightweight client-side Node-compatible runtime rather than server performance
- you want a reference example of binding libuv-style Node APIs to JavaScriptCore

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained or production-ready tool - the project is explicitly unmaintained and called a hack
- you need modern iOS or macOS version support
- you need full Node.js compatibility or performance
- you need a supported license - the repository has none

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: interpreter, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, mobile-development
- platform: -
- tags: nodejs, javascriptcore, objective-c, unmaintained, nodelike, javascript, ios, macos

## Member repositories
- node-app/Interpreter (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:15.696169+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 2026-08-30T04:54:48.241159+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/node-app/Interpreter (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:15.696169+00:00, sha 01ed71124554)
  - homepage: http://nodeapp.org (fetched 2026-08-29T12:11:21.201828+00:00, sha 1c3af41ce35c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.