# simplebits/Pears

Repository: https://github.com/simplebits/Pears
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pears
Homepage: http://pea.rs
Language: PHP
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2012-03-08T22:03:54+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": 5378, "days_push": 5291, "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 1379, forks 156 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:33.775487+00:00)

## What it is
Pears is an open-source WordPress theme for collecting and showcasing common HTML & CSS pattern pairs, where each pattern is a post with markup and style stored in custom fields. Created by Dan Cederholm, it serves as a learning tool for breaking interfaces into small reusable modules.

## Use cases
- collect reusable HTML and CSS pattern pairs
- learn interface design by breaking pages into small modules
- build a living style guide of common UI patterns
- document markup and style snippets with notes
- self-host a pattern library on WordPress

## When to choose
- you want a simple WordPress-based pattern library
- you're learning HTML/CSS through small modular examples
- you need a lightweight way to document markup and style pairs

## When to avoid
- you need a modern, actively maintained pattern library tool
- you don't use WordPress or PHP
- you need production-grade theme code

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, css-framework, templating
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design, education
- platform: php, self-hosted
- tags: wordpress-theme, design-patterns, html-css-patterns, style-guide, web-server

## Member repositories
- simplebits/Pears (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:33.775487+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 2026-08-30T04:40:19.719669+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/simplebits/Pears (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:33.775487+00:00, sha c26f97f6411e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.