# FredKSchott/snowpack

ESM-powered frontend build tool. Instant, lightweight, unbundled development. ✌️

Repository: https://github.com/FredKSchott/snowpack
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/snowpack
Homepage: https://www.snowpack.dev
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-03-05T16:10:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2745, "days_push": 1277, "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 19301, forks 907 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:27.582590+00:00)

## What it is
Snowpack is an ESM-powered frontend build tool offering an unbundled development server with instant startup and hot module replacement. It is no longer actively maintained and the README recommends Vite as an alternative.

## Use cases
- unbundled frontend development with native ES modules
- instant dev server startup for JavaScript projects
- hot module replacement for React, Preact, and Svelte
- build TypeScript and JSX without extra configuration
- integrate a bundler for production-optimized builds

## When to choose
- studying or maintaining a legacy project already built with Snowpack
- referencing its unbundled ESM dev-server approach

## When to avoid
- starting any new frontend project
- needing long-term support or security updates
- wanting a maintained alternative - use Vite, esbuild, or Parcel instead

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: build-tool, http-server, plugin-system
- domain: frontend, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: esm, unbundled-development, hmr, dev-server, frontend-build-tool, typescript, jsx, nodejs

## Member repositories
- FredKSchott/snowpack (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:27.582590+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 2026-08-30T08:09:35.711200+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/FredKSchott/snowpack (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:27.582590+00:00, sha d3d13293d1a8)
  - homepage: https://www.snowpack.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:52.497565+00:00, sha 25a16ae9bfdb)
  - site_page: https://www.snowpack.dev/tutorials/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:52.506617+00:00, sha 93b153f01b99)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.