# kissyteam/kissy

A Powerful Collection Of Modules

Repository: https://github.com/kissyteam/kissy
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kissy
Homepage: http://docs.kissyui.com
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Last push: 2016-06-13T08:29:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5898, "days_push": 3733, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2679, forks 844 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:09.941957+00:00)

## What it is
KISSY is a modular JavaScript framework offering a collection of DOM, event, animation, and UI components designed for cross-device web development. It originated at Taobao as a comprehensive alternative to jQuery/YUI-style libraries.

## Use cases
- build modular cross-browser web apps in javascript
- dom manipulation and event handling library
- ui components like dropdowns and sliders for legacy browsers
- animation and effects for web pages
- maintain an old taobao-era frontend codebase

## When to choose
- maintaining or extending an existing KISSY-based codebase
- you need a self-contained modular JS toolkit for very old browser targets

## When to avoid
- starting any new project - modern frameworks and native browser APIs are better supported
- you need an actively maintained library with security patches
- you want a large ecosystem or modern tooling

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: abandoned
- function: frontend-framework, ui-components, animation, state-management
- domain: web-development, frontend, cross-platform
- platform: browser
- tags: modular-javascript, ui-library, taobao, legacy-framework, dom-manipulation, ajax, nodejs, javascript

## Member repositories
- kissyteam/kissy (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:09.941957+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 2026-08-30T02:17:58.006016+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kissyteam/kissy (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:09.941957+00:00, sha d6faff1ea88e)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/kissy (fetched 2026-08-29T10:00:59.635469+00:00, sha 06ec6c5f4887)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.