# owenthereal/godzilla

Godzilla is a ES2015 to Go source code transpiler and runtime

Repository: https://github.com/owenthereal/godzilla
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/owenthereal-godzilla
Homepage: https://github.com/jingweno/godzilla
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: golang, javascript, compiler, transpiler, es2015
Last push: 2017-08-07T15:36:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3401, "days_push": 3313, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1477, forks 29 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:50.294112+00:00)

## What it is
Godzilla is an ES2015-to-Go source code transpiler and runtime intended as a near drop-in replacement for Node.js. It compiles JavaScript to Go source code that calls into a Go runtime library, which is then compiled to native binaries.

## Use cases
- compile javascript to native go binaries
- run es2015 scripts without node.js
- transpile javascript source code to go
- reduce program startup time compared to node
- experiment with javascript on the go runtime

## When to avoid
- you need full ES2015+ or modern JavaScript feature support
- you need Node.js APIs, npm packages, or ecosystem compatibility
- you need a maintained tool for production use

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: compiler, interpreter, programming-language, parser, cli
- domain: compilers, programming-languages, developer-tools
- platform: go, cross-platform, cli
- tags: transpiler, es2015, javascript, nodejs-replacement, source-to-source, command-line

## Member repositories
- owenthereal/godzilla (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:50.294112+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 2026-08-30T08:32:48.374497+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/owenthereal/godzilla (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:50.294112+00:00, sha 272abff08d26)
  - homepage: https://github.com/jingweno/godzilla (fetched 2026-08-29T11:41:30.902029+00:00, sha 6196f9fb2c3a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.