# iodide-project/iodide

Literate scientific computing and communication for the web

Repository: https://github.com/iodide-project/iodide
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/iodide
Language: JavaScript
License: MPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2023-01-06T01:32:43+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3310, "days_push": 1336, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1503, forks 145 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:54.549579+00:00)

## What it is
Iodide is a browser-based notebook for literate scientific computing, letting users mix narrative text, runnable JavaScript code, and interactive visualizations in a single shareable document. It runs entirely client-side, so results can be replicated and remixed by anyone with a browser, but the project is no longer maintained.

## Use cases
- share reproducible scientific analyses in the browser
- create interactive data visualizations with narrative write-ups
- run notebook-style computations without installing anything
- teach data science with runnable client-side notebooks
- publish code and results together as a single shareable page

## When to choose
- you need a fully client-side notebook that runs in any browser with no setup
- you want to share analyses as a single document mixing prose, code, and visuals
- you are studying prior notebook designs or forking the concept

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software with bug fixes and support
- you rely on Python - use Pyodide or Jupyter instead
- you need a production tool for important work, since the demo server may shut down

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: data-science, data-visualization, documentation, interpreter
- domain: data-science, data-visualization, education, web-development
- platform: browser
- tags: notebook, literate-programming, reproducible-research, client-side, webassembly, discontinued, web-server, javascript

## Member repositories
- iodide-project/iodide (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:54.549579+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 2026-08-30T04:32:49.239312+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/iodide-project/iodide (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:54.549579+00:00, sha b9e038babe3a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.