# TylerBrock/mongo-hacker

MongoDB Shell Enhancements for Hackers

Repository: https://github.com/TylerBrock/mongo-hacker
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mongo-hacker
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: mongodb, javascript, shell-extension, database
Last push: 2022-09-17T18:08:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5106, "days_push": 1446, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1794, forks 228 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:37.338934+00:00)

## What it is
A set of enhancements for the legacy MongoDB shell that adds colorized output, pretty printing, custom prompts, and extra shell helpers. The project is unmaintained and its README recommends using mongosh instead.

## Use cases
- improve mongodb shell readability with colorized output
- pretty print mongodb query results by default
- add extra shell helpers to the mongo shell
- customize the mongodb shell prompt
- sort document keys in shell output

## When to choose
- you are stuck on a legacy MongoDB 3.x-4.x environment with the old mongo shell
- you want quick UX tweaks to the classic mongo shell

## When to avoid
- you use modern MongoDB with mongosh, which supersedes this project
- you need maintained, supported tooling

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: developer-tools, cli
- domain: databases, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: mongodb-shell, shell-enhancements, mongo-hacker, command-line, nodejs

## Member repositories
- TylerBrock/mongo-hacker (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:37.338934+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 2026-08-30T03:22:53.391173+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/TylerBrock/mongo-hacker (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:37.338934+00:00, sha a56d5fcde10e)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/mongo-hacker (fetched 2026-08-29T11:01:51.058045+00:00, sha d63a7a4f8c1d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.