# nytimes/library

A collaborative documentation site, powered by Google Docs.

Repository: https://github.com/nytimes/library
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nytimes-library
Homepage: https://library-demo.newsdev.nytimes.com
Language: JavaScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-12T20:54:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 93/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 85, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2735, "days_push": 21, "days_rel": 21, "gap_med": 63.5, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1182, forks 149 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:54.241050+00:00)

## What it is
Library is a collaborative documentation site built by The New York Times that uses Google Docs as its content source and editing interface. It serves a browsable, searchable knowledge base from a shared Google Drive folder, with team pages, tags, and optional user authentication.

## Use cases
- build an internal documentation site for my team
- use Google Docs as a wiki backend
- create a newsroom knowledge base
- self-host a documentation portal with collaborative editing
- organize team docs from Google Drive into a browsable site
- replace Confluence with a lightweight docs site

## When to choose
- your team already writes and edits content in Google Docs
- you want non-technical staff to author documentation without learning Markdown or Git
- you need a simple, self-hosted internal knowledge base with team pages and search

## When to avoid
- you want docs versioned and reviewed in Git alongside code
- you need offline or fully self-contained content storage
- your organization cannot use Google Workspace APIs or a Google Cloud service account

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: documentation, auth, http-server, search-engine
- domain: documentation, web-development, self-hosted, developer-tools
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: google-docs, knowledge-base, newsroom, wiki, collaborative-editing, nodejs, web-server, docker

## Member repositories
- nytimes/library (main) score 93

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:54.241050+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 2026-08-30T06:24:52.066384+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nytimes/library (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:54.241050+00:00, sha fa278fd39a91)
  - homepage: https://library-demo.newsdev.nytimes.com (fetched 2026-08-29T12:31:59.399024+00:00, sha 735cd3782c09)
  - site_page: https://library-demo.newsdev.nytimes.com/about-this-site (fetched 2026-08-29T12:31:59.413380+00:00, sha a4e0c0cb8881)
  - site_page: https://library-demo.newsdev.nytimes.com/categories (fetched 2026-08-29T12:31:59.411591+00:00, sha 48ef7c2c04f4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.