# kmuto/review

Re:VIEW is flexible document format/conversion system

Repository: https://github.com/kmuto/review
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/review
Homepage: http://reviewml.org/
Language: Ruby
License: LGPL-2.1
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-07-21T02:24:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 93, release rhythm 43, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6073, "days_push": 44, "days_rel": 171, "gap_med": 501, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1406, forks 216 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:38.210765+00:00)

## What it is
Re:VIEW is a Ruby-based digital publishing system that converts its own lightweight markup format into EPUB, PDF (via LaTeX), InDesign XML, Markdown, plain text, and web pages. It provides a suite of CLI commands for creating, compiling, and maintaining book projects.

## Use cases
- write a technical book and generate epub and pdf
- convert re:view markup files to latex pdf
- self-publish an ebook with epub output
- generate indesign xml for professional typesetting
- create web pages from book sources
- measure character and line counts of manuscript files

## When to choose
- authoring technical books or manuals with code blocks and indexes
- needing multiple output formats (EPUB, PDF, InDesign) from one source
- Japanese-language publishing workflows, where Re:VIEW is widely used

## When to avoid
- you need a WYSIWYG writing tool rather than markup-based workflow
- simple single-format HTML documentation where a static site generator suffices
- you are not comfortable installing LaTeX for PDF output

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: documentation, markdown, pdf, templating, cli
- domain: documentation, developer-tools, files
- platform: cli, cross-platform, ruby
- tags: digital-publishing, epub, latex, ebook, technical-writing, book-authoring

## Member repositories
- kmuto/review (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:38.210765+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 2026-08-30T04:38:42.692773+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kmuto/review (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:38.210765+00:00, sha ed1deaf8abfe)
  - homepage: http://reviewml.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:52:20.459956+00:00, sha fac2c525c2f4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.