# netease-youdao/hex

heX

Repository: https://github.com/netease-youdao/hex
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/netease-youdao-hex
Language: C++
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2014-04-05T13:36:15+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": 4772, "days_push": 4533, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, 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 1548, forks 291 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:01.898749+00:00)

## What it is
heX is a framework that integrates Chromium (via CEF) and Node.js to build cross-platform desktop applications using HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript. It can also be embedded as a web container module into native desktop projects, and HeXium combines Chromium and Node.js for debugging.

## Use cases
- build desktop apps with html5 and node.js
- embed a chromium web container in a native desktop application
- require node.js modules from web pages in a desktop app
- access the dom from node.js modules
- debug node.js in chrome developer tools
- develop cross-platform guis using web technology

## When to choose
- you want to build a desktop app with pure web front-end skills (HTML/CSS/JS) plus Node.js native APIs
- you need to embed a scriptable Chromium-based web view into an existing C++ desktop project
- you want Chrome DevTools-based debugging for a hybrid web/Node.js app

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained framework with current Chromium and Node.js versions - the project has been inactive since 2014
- you prefer modern alternatives like Electron or NW.js which are actively developed
- you need small binaries or high performance native UIs

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: abandoned
- function: desktop-framework, web-framework, gui, sdk
- domain: desktop-applications, web-development, cross-platform, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform, windows, cpp
- tags: cef, chromium, nodejs-integration, html5, web-container, hybrid-apps, macos, linux, nodejs

## Member repositories
- netease-youdao/hex (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:01.898749+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 2026-08-30T04:30:25.982765+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/netease-youdao/hex (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:01.898749+00:00, sha 51cd5ae1b415)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.