# caolan/jam

JavaScript package manager - using a browser-focused and RequireJS compatible repository

Repository: https://github.com/caolan/jam
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jam
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2016-10-06T07:30:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5220, "days_push": 3618, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1487, forks 101 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:52.083870+00:00)

## What it is
Jam is a browser-focused JavaScript package manager compatible with RequireJS and the AMD module format, enabling automatic dependency resolution and optimized loading without a bundling step. The project is no longer maintained and its public repository has been retired.

## Use cases
- install front-end javascript libraries from the command line
- manage browser dependencies with requirejs
- avoid manual script tag management in web apps
- resolve front-end package dependencies automatically
- optimize amd module loading for the browser

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy codebase already built on AMD and RequireJS
- studying historical JavaScript package management approaches

## When to avoid
- starting any new front-end project
- you use npm, yarn, pnpm, or modern bundlers
- you rely on ES modules or CommonJS tooling

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: package-manager, cli, build-tool
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: amd, requirejs, browser-packages, front-end-assets, deprecated, command-line, nodejs

## Member repositories
- caolan/jam (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:52.083870+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 2026-08-30T04:33:47.557346+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/caolan/jam (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:52.083870+00:00, sha 185641d08e48)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.