# rememberber/MooTool

Handy tool set for developers

Repository: https://github.com/rememberber/MooTool
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mootool
Homepage: https://mootool.luoboduner.com/
Language: Java
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: java, swing, swing-gui, tool, desktop-app, gui, switchhost, jsonformat, quicknote, qrcode, httprequest, httpclient
Last push: 2026-08-26T06:22:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2515, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 6, "gap_med": 1, "n_releases_24m": 38}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2032, forks 258 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:07.707391+00:00)

## What it is
MooTool is an all-in-one desktop developer toolbox offering dozens of handy utilities in a single GUI app, including JSON formatting, timestamp conversion, HTTP requests, hosts management, encoding/crypto tools, QR codes, regex testing, and cron expressions. It is built in Java with Swing (with a newer Electron-based 'MooTool Next' release) and runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS.

## Use cases
- format and validate json with jsonpath
- convert unix timestamps to human-readable dates
- send http requests from a desktop app like postman
- switch between multiple hosts file configurations
- generate and parse qr codes
- test regular expressions quickly
- generate cron expressions and validate them
- encode and decode base64 url and unicode strings

## When to choose
- you want many small developer utilities bundled in one offline desktop app instead of visiting separate websites
- you need a free postman-like http client plus json, encoding, crypto, and timestamp tools in one place
- you frequently edit and switch local hosts file entries
- you prefer a lightweight native-feeling toolbox on Windows, Linux, or macOS

## When to avoid
- you need a scriptable CLI or API-driven tool rather than a GUI
- you require advanced API testing features like environments, collections, or team collaboration found in dedicated tools
- you want a web-based tool with no installation
- you need deep extensibility or a large plugin ecosystem

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, gui, http-client, json, cryptography, serialization, date-time, networking, image-processing, pdf, markdown
- domain: developer-tools, cross-platform, web-development
- platform: cross-platform, windows, jvm
- tags: developer-toolbox, swing, json-formatter, timestamp-converter, hosts-switching, qr-code, regex-testing, cron-expression, http-request-tool, encoding-conversion, quick-notes, color-picker, translation, command-line, desktop, macos, linux, electron

## Member repositories
- rememberber/MooTool (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:07.707391+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 2026-08-30T02:59:30.199447+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rememberber/MooTool (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:07.707391+00:00, sha fc3968fcd60d)
  - homepage: https://mootool.luoboduner.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:39:14.106126+00:00, sha 36e7e9128814)
  - site_page: https://mootool.luoboduner.com/function-map.html (fetched 2026-08-29T10:39:14.115679+00:00, sha d6d59d3bcc00)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.