# lukePeavey/quotable

Random Quotes API

Repository: https://github.com/lukePeavey/quotable
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/quotable
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: freecodecamp, rest-api, api-service, json-api
Last push: 2024-01-14T17:33:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3273, "days_push": 962, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2093, forks 261 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:13.058098+00:00)

## What it is
Quotable is a free, open-source REST API for random quotes and author data, originally built as a FreeCodeCamp project. It serves JSON endpoints for random quotes, quote search, author listings, and tags with a rate limit of 180 requests per minute.

## Use cases
- get random quotes for a quote generator app
- search quotes by author or tags
- fetch author details for a quotes website
- build a daily quote widget
- get paginated lists of quotes as
- find quotes by keyword for a blog

## When to choose
- you need a free quotes API with no API key for a frontend project
- you want JSON quote data for learning or demo apps
- you need author metadata alongside quotes

## When to avoid
- you need quotes in languages other than English
- you require guaranteed uptime or an SLA for production
- you need more than 180 requests per minute

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: maintenance
- function: api-framework, http-server, search-engine
- domain: apis, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: quotes-api, rest-api, -api, freecodecamp, quotations, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- lukePeavey/quotable (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:13.058098+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 2026-08-30T02:55:28.671498+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/lukePeavey/quotable (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:13.058098+00:00, sha 2fee25638232)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.