# jsbin/jsbin

Collaborative JavaScript Debugging App

Repository: https://github.com/jsbin/jsbin
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jsbin
Homepage: http://jsbin.com
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-06-23T20:16:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 45/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 28, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6179, "days_push": 436, "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 4421, forks 1261 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:48.777301+00:00)

## What it is
JS Bin is an open-source collaborative web development debugging tool for testing and sharing JavaScript, HTML, and CSS snippets with real-time preview. It can be self-hosted via Node.js, though the current v4.x version is no longer actively maintained while v5 is in development.

## Use cases
- test javascript snippets in a browser playground
- share code snippets with a colleague for debugging
- get a live preview of html css and js as I type
- collaboratively debug ajax calls with a teammate
- self-host an online code editor for my team
- try out less or coffeescript with instant output

## When to choose
- you want a self-hosted, open-source alternative to CodePen or JSFiddle
- you need real-time collaborative debugging of front-end code
- you want to share editable code snippets via URL with live preview

## When to avoid
- you need a tool with active maintenance and recent bug fixes
- you want modern framework support like React or Vue scaffolding out of the box
- you need a production-grade development environment rather than a snippet playground

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: web-framework, developer-tools, documentation
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools, education
- platform: self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: code-playground, live-preview, collaborative-editing, code-sharing, debugging, html, css, javascript, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- jsbin/jsbin (main) score 45

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:48.777301+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 2026-08-29T18:20:58.997152+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jsbin/jsbin (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:48.777301+00:00, sha cb58f54719fb)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/jsbin (fetched 2026-08-29T09:08:48.439978+00:00, sha ead1ee6cc5c0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.