rstacruz/sparkup
A parser for a condensed HTML format observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 6168
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 768
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1554 stars · 140 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Sparkup is a Python tool that expands CSS-selector-like abbreviations (e.g., `#header > h1`) into full HTML code. It runs as a command-line utility and integrates with editors like VIM and TextMate to speed up writing HTML.
Use cases
- expand css-like selectors into html markup
- write html faster in vim
- write html faster in textmate
- generate html boilerplate from short abbreviations
- pipe abbreviated html syntax through a command line tool
When to choose
- you write lots of html in vim or textmate and want zen-coding-style expansion
- you want a lightweight python-based emmet alternative
- you need a standalone cli to expand html abbreviations
When to avoid
- you use modern editors with built-in emmet support
- you need active development or new features
- you work primarily with jsx or non-html templating
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
parser templating developer-tools web-development frontend developer-tools text-editors cli python cross-platform editor-plugin html-expansion zen-coding emmet-alternative css-selector-syntax vim-plugin textmate
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/rstacruz/sparkup · fetched 2026-08-28 · 0af1d5c771b0
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| rstacruz/sparkup | main | 32 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="rstacruz/sparkup")
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