# rstacruz/sparkup

A parser for a condensed HTML format

Repository: https://github.com/rstacruz/sparkup
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sparkup
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-07-26T14:13:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6168, "days_push": 768, "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 1554, forks 140 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:02.988589+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: parser, templating, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools, text-editors
- platform: cli, python, cross-platform, editor-plugin
- tags: html-expansion, zen-coding, emmet-alternative, css-selector-syntax, vim-plugin, textmate

## Member repositories
- rstacruz/sparkup (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:02.988589+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 2026-08-30T04:30:06.611670+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rstacruz/sparkup (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:02.988589+00:00, sha 0af1d5c771b0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.