# krasimir/absurd

A JavaScript library with superpowers

Repository: https://github.com/krasimir/absurd
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/krasimir-absurd
Homepage: http://absurdjs.krasimirtsonev.com/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2017-11-08T04:16:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4758, "days_push": 3220, "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 1373, forks 83 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:32.799093+00:00)

## What it is
AbsurdJS is a JavaScript-based CSS and HTML preprocessor that lets you write styles and markup in plain JavaScript, JSON, or YAML without learning a new syntax. It can compile JavaScript/JSON/YAML/CSS into CSS and JavaScript/JSON/YAML into HTML, running both server-side in Node.js and client-side in the browser.

## Use cases
- write CSS in plain JavaScript instead of Sass or Less
- generate HTML from JavaScript or JSON data
- preprocess styles in a Grunt or Gulp build pipeline
- compile styles client-side in the browser without a build step
- avoid learning a new preprocessor language or syntax

## When to choose
- you want CSS preprocessing using only plain JavaScript with no new syntax to learn
- you need both CSS and HTML generation from a single JavaScript-based tool
- you want a preprocessor that runs in the browser as well as Node.js

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained tool with recent updates and community support
- your team already uses Sass, Less, or PostCSS with a modern toolchain
- you need advanced modern CSS features like source maps, autoprefixing, or CSS modules

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: css-framework, templating, build-tool
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: css-preprocessor, html-preprocessor, javascript-based, no-new-syntax, nodejs

## Member repositories
- krasimir/absurd (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:32.799093+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 2026-08-30T04:40:42.724359+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/krasimir/absurd (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:32.799093+00:00, sha 0c5d8e87a260)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/absurd (fetched 2026-08-29T11:57:32.553921+00:00, sha b71d897ef346)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.