# laravel/elixir

Fluent API for Gulp.

Repository: https://github.com/laravel/elixir
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/laravel-elixir
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-03-30T19:11:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4352, "days_push": 2347, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1067, forks 236 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:27.207839+00:00)

## What it is
Laravel Elixir is a JavaScript library providing a clean, fluent API for defining common Gulp build tasks such as CSS and JavaScript preprocessing and testing. It is now archived and its maintainers recommend migrating to Laravel Mix.

## Use cases
- define gulp tasks with a fluent api
- compile sass or less for a laravel app
- set up asset compilation pipeline for frontend
- run css and javascript preprocessors via gulp
- simplify gulp configuration for beginners

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy Laravel 5.x project already using Elixir
- learning how Elixir-based legacy builds work

## When to avoid
- starting any new project - use Laravel Mix instead
- non-Laravel projects needing modern build tooling
- projects wanting actively maintained tooling

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: build-tool, cli
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: cli
- tags: gulp, asset-pipeline, laravel, archived, css-preprocessors, javascript-preprocessors, nodejs

## Member repositories
- laravel/elixir (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:27.207839+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 2026-08-30T06:55:10.892283+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/laravel/elixir (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:27.207839+00:00, sha 807e9a56991c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.