# antonmedv/monkberry

Monkberry is a JavaScript library for building web user interfaces

Repository: https://github.com/antonmedv/monkberry
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/monkberry
Homepage: https://monkberry.js.org
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-08-30T11:12:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4089, "days_push": 2560, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1489, forks 64 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:52.272723+00:00)

## What it is
Monkberry is a tiny (~1kb) JavaScript library for building web user interfaces using a templating engine whose templates (.monk files) are precompiled to plain JavaScript. It skips virtual DOM diffing and performs only the necessary direct DOM updates, claiming large performance gains over React.

## Use cases
- build web UIs with precompiled templates
- render lists and conditionals without a virtual DOM
- keep frontend bundle size under a few kilobytes
- compile .monk templates with webpack, browserify, or CLI
- update views efficiently from application state
- build components with custom tags

## When to choose
- you need an extremely small UI runtime (~1kb)
- you prefer precompiled templates over runtime virtual DOM diffing
- you want simple, minimal templating with fast targeted DOM updates
- you're maintaining an existing Monkberry codebase

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained library with a modern ecosystem
- you want a large component ecosystem, hooks, or SSR support
- you prefer JSX or a virtual DOM model like React or Vue
- you need TypeScript support or modern tooling integration

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: templating, frontend-framework, ui-components
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: browser, cli
- tags: template-compiler, no-virtual-dom, precompiled-templates, dom-updates, small-footprint, nodejs

## Member repositories
- antonmedv/monkberry (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:52.272723+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 2026-08-30T04:33:40.218972+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/antonmedv/monkberry (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:52.272723+00:00, sha 4baecfd05eb5)
  - homepage: https://monkberry.js.org (fetched 2026-08-29T11:40:03.059790+00:00, sha ffde9229527f)
  - site_page: https://monkberry.js.org/docs/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T11:40:03.069029+00:00, sha 147572f6710a)
  - site_page: https://monkberry.js.org/docs/api (fetched 2026-08-29T11:40:03.070956+00:00, sha 5b7b63194ac5)
  - site_page: https://monkberry.js.org/docs/installation (fetched 2026-08-29T11:40:03.072568+00:00, sha 3a33d938e5f3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.