# zackargyle/service-workers

A collection of utilities for creating/testing/experimenting with service workers.

Repository: https://github.com/zackargyle/service-workers
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/service-workers
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: service-worker
Last push: 2024-03-13T15:50:10+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": 3522, "days_push": 903, "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 1280, forks 56 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:13.776226+00:00)

## What it is
A collection of JavaScript tools for generating, testing, and experimenting with service workers, including a generator, a webpack plugin, and a mock environment for testing service worker code. The project is explicitly no longer maintained.

## Use cases
- generate service worker files from configuration
- test service worker code in a mocked environment
- integrate service worker generation into a webpack build
- run experiments with multiple service worker versions
- add offline caching to a web app

## When to choose
- you need a configurable, forkable service worker generator with pure-JavaScript templates
- you want to unit test service worker logic with a mock environment
- you need to generate multiple service worker files for experimentation or rollout

## When to avoid
- you want an actively maintained project - it is explicitly unmaintained
- you prefer mainstream alternatives like Workbox or sw-precache
- you need minimal bundle sizes, since injected globals increase output size

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: build-tool, testing, mocking, middleware
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools, testing
- platform: -
- tags: service-worker, webpack-plugin, pwa, offline-support, worker-mock, nodejs, javascript, web-server

## Member repositories
- zackargyle/service-workers (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:13.776226+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 2026-08-30T05:02:39.692976+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/zackargyle/service-workers (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:13.776226+00:00, sha 9062ab66aaed)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.