# laktek/punch

A fun and easy way to build modern websites

Repository: https://github.com/laktek/punch
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/punch
Homepage: http://laktek.github.com/punch
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2017-10-25T07:06:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5280, "days_push": 3234, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1162, forks 98 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:49.436687+00:00)

## What it is
Punch is a Node.js web publishing framework for building static websites with Mustache templates, JSON content, and Markdown. It includes a built-in preview server, asset minification, and publishing to S3 or via SFTP.

## Use cases
- build a static website with mustache templates
- generate a site from markdown and json content
- publish a static site to amazon s3
- preview a website locally while developing
- minify and bundle assets before deploying a site

## When to choose
- you want a simple mustache-based static site generator on Node.js
- you need to publish static sites to S3 or via SFTP
- you prefer defining page content in JSON

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained tool with recent updates
- you want a modern generator with a large ecosystem like Next.js or Astro
- you need server-side rendering or dynamic application features

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: abandoned
- function: static-site-generator, templating, web-framework, http-server
- domain: web-development, frontend, documentation
- platform: cross-platform, cli
- tags: mustache, markdown, static-site, web-publishing, s3-deployment, less, coffeescript, nodejs

## Member repositories
- laktek/punch (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:49.436687+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 2026-08-30T06:31:38.982008+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/laktek/punch (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:49.436687+00:00, sha d9b60f979f97)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/punch (fetched 2026-08-29T12:36:14.554615+00:00, sha b8109ef3a88e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.