# arfct/itty-bitty

Itty.bitty is a tool to create links that contain small sites

Repository: https://github.com/arfct/itty-bitty
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/itty-bitty
Homepage: http://itty.bitty.site
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-04T20:29:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 75/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3022, "days_push": 29, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3462, forks 258 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:05.690751+00:00)

## What it is
Itty.bitty is a tool that takes HTML or other data, compresses it into a URL fragment, and generates a shareable link containing that data. When the link is opened, the compressed data is inflated on the receiver's side to reconstruct the small site or content.

## Use cases
- share small html sites as links without hosting
- compress html into a url fragment
- create self-contained links that carry their own content
- send tiny web pages to someone via a single url
- embed data in a link that inflates on the receiver's side
- make no-backend micro sites shareable via url

## When to choose
- you want to share tiny html snippets or pages without any server or hosting
- you need links that are fully self-contained and work offline once opened
- you want a zero-backend way to distribute small interactive content

## When to avoid
- you need to host large or dynamic sites with real backend logic
- you require server-side rendering, databases, or user accounts
- you need to share content larger than what fits in a url fragment

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: compression, serialization, web-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: browser
- tags: url-fragment, self-contained-sites, link-sharing, html-compression, client-side-decompression, no-backend, micro-sites, shareable-content, web-server, javascript

## Member repositories
- arfct/itty-bitty (main) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:05.690751+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 2026-08-29T18:36:54.084899+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/arfct/itty-bitty (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:05.690751+00:00, sha 197a98cb7f9d)
  - homepage: http://itty.bitty.site (fetched 2026-08-29T09:31:11.418042+00:00, sha 820e0d468086)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.