# ForestAdmin/lumber

Install Forest Admin in minutes.

Repository: https://github.com/ForestAdmin/lumber
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/lumber
Homepage: https://www.forestadmin.com
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: lumber, nodejs, backend, framework
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-01-24T00:51:14+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": 3597, "days_push": 1318, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2049, forks 104 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:09.094703+00:00)

## What it is
Lumber is a Node.js CLI tool that scaffolds and installs Forest Admin, an admin panel framework that generates a backend API and admin interface on top of your application's data models. It provides out-of-the-box CRUD, search, filters, sorting, and pagination for building back-office tools.

## Use cases
- generate an admin panel for my existing database
- scaffold a back-office API from my data models
- manage application data with CRUD and search without building a UI
- set up Forest Admin in minutes via CLI
- build an internal admin dashboard for my Node.js backend
- add filters and pagination to an admin interface automatically

## When to choose
- you want a quick, self-hosted admin backend generated from your data models
- you need CRUD, search, and filtering for internal ops tooling with minimal code
- you are already invested in the Forest Admin ecosystem on Node.js

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - Lumber is deprecated in favor of the Forest CLI (ForestAdmin/toolbelt)
- you need a fully open-source admin panel without a hosted frontend component
- your stack is not JavaScript/Node.js based

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: cli, api-framework, web-framework, developer-tools, gui
- domain: developer-tools, backend, web-development, self-hosted, apis
- platform: cli, cross-platform, self-hosted
- tags: admin-panel, forest-admin, deprecated, crud-generation, back-office, code-generation, mit-license, nodejs

## Member repositories
- ForestAdmin/lumber (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:09.094703+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 2026-08-30T02:57:36.693095+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ForestAdmin/lumber (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:09.094703+00:00, sha bb6d15d4098d)
  - homepage: https://www.forestadmin.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:38:01.098419+00:00, sha 4a0f7d452a9e)
  - site_page: https://forest.app/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T10:38:01.107851+00:00, sha 90fb9ea57770)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.