# oklai/koala

Koala is a GUI application for less, sass and coffeescript compilation, to help web developers to the development more efficient.

Repository: https://github.com/oklai/koala
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/koala
Homepage: http://koala-app.com
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2022-03-10T02:38:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4998, "days_push": 1638, "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 3947, forks 516 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:30.325776+00:00)

## What it is
Koala is a cross-platform desktop GUI application for compiling LESS, Sass/Compass, and CoffeeScript files with real-time file watching and automatic compilation. It is built on node-webkit and is officially discontinued by its author.

## Use cases
- compile less files with a gui
- compile sass to css without command line
- watch and auto-compile coffeescript files
- compress compiled css automatically
- set per-file compiler options visually

## When to choose
- you need a simple visual tool for LESS/Sass/CoffeeScript compilation on Windows, Linux, or Mac
- you prefer a GUI over build-tool configuration for preprocessor compilation

## When to avoid
- you need maintained software - the project is officially discontinued
- you use modern build tools like Vite, webpack, or PostCSS pipelines
- you need current Sass/LESS language features or security updates

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: compiler, gui, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: less, sass, coffeescript, compass, css-preprocessor, watch-mode, node-webkit, discontinued, linux, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- oklai/koala (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:30.325776+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 2026-08-29T18:24:34.547050+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/oklai/koala (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:30.325776+00:00, sha 7ce31dfd4a49)
  - homepage: http://koala-app.com (fetched 2026-08-29T09:18:30.391597+00:00, sha a52c1c8587e2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.