# UI5/openui5

OpenUI5 lets you build enterprise-ready web applications, responsive to all devices, running on almost any browser of your choice.

Repository: https://github.com/UI5/openui5
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/openui5
Homepage: http://openui5.org
Language: JavaScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: openui5, javascript, html, css, featured, open-source
Last push: 2026-08-26T18:34:28+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4649, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 9, "gap_med": 2, "n_releases_24m": 188}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3312, forks 1273 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:56.027466+00:00)

## What it is
OpenUI5 is a free, open-source JavaScript HTML5 UI framework released by SAP for building enterprise-ready, responsive web applications. It provides a rich set of UI controls, MVC support, and data binding to JSON, XML, and OData models, running on almost any browser and device.

## Use cases
- build enterprise web applications with a rich set of UI controls
- create responsive apps that run on desktop, tablet, and smartphone browsers
- bind UI controls to JSON, XML, or OData data models
- develop SAP-style business applications in JavaScript
- build cross-browser HTML5 apps following web standards
- bootstrap web apps from a CDN using the MVC pattern

## When to choose
- you need an enterprise-grade, feature-complete UI framework with many built-in controls
- your app consumes OData services or integrates with SAP systems
- you need responsive apps that run across many browsers and devices without device-specific code
- you want a free, Apache-2.0-licensed framework with strong documentation and community support

## When to avoid
- you prefer lightweight, minimal libraries or modern component-based frameworks like React or Vue
- your project is a small static site or simple landing page
- you need a mobile-native or desktop application rather than a browser-based web app
- your team has no need for enterprise-style controls and wants a smaller bundle size

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: frontend-framework, ui-components, templating
- domain: web-development, frontend, erp, cross-platform
- platform: browser
- tags: sap, enterprise-web-apps, responsive-design, odata, mvc, html5-controls, data-binding, javascript, web

## Member repositories
- UI5/openui5 (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:56.027466+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 2026-08-29T18:42:23.376369+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/UI5/openui5 (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:56.027466+00:00, sha a98316e4e2de)
  - homepage: http://openui5.org (fetched 2026-08-29T09:35:14.422372+00:00, sha b9a9722006ba)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.