# springside/springside4

A Spring Framework based, pragmatic style JavaEE application reference architecture.

Repository: https://github.com/springside/springside4
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/springside4
Homepage: http://www.springside.io
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2022-10-25T03:19:06+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": 5305, "days_push": 1408, "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 5640, forks 2833 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:26.747080+00:00)

## What it is
SpringSide is a pragmatic, Spring Framework-based reference architecture for JavaEE applications, demonstrating mainstream technology choices and best practices. It includes a utility library, a Spring Boot-based Web Service application (BootApi), a planned BootWeb CRUD app, and showcase examples built around a P2P library scenario.

## Use cases
- learn Spring Boot best practices from working examples
- bootstrap a JavaEE web service application with Spring
- reference architecture for Java backend projects
- explore a curated Java utility library
- see how to structure a Spring-based REST API
- study typical CRUD web application patterns in Java

## When to choose
- you are starting a Spring or Spring Boot based Java backend and want proven conventions
- you want example-driven learning of JavaEE best practices
- you need a solid utility library distilled from common Java libraries

## When to avoid
- you need a actively maintained framework with recent updates and support
- your stack is not JVM/Java based
- you want a production framework rather than a reference example project

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: web-framework, api-framework, developer-tools, boilerplate
- domain: web-development, backend, developer-tools, tutorials
- platform: jvm, cross-platform
- tags: spring, spring-boot, reference-architecture, best-practices, javaee, showcase, examples

## Member repositories
- springside/springside4 (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:26.747080+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 2026-08-29T17:55:18.671122+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/springside/springside4 (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:26.747080+00:00, sha 2297182d804e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.