creationix/step
An async control-flow library that makes stepping through logic easy. 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 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5993
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 3312
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2193 stars · 186 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Step is a small Node.js control-flow library that lets you write serial and parallel asynchronous logic as a sequence of functions, with automatic error forwarding in Node callback style. It provides `this.parallel()` and `this.group()` helpers for coordinating multiple concurrent callbacks.
Use cases
- run async tasks in sequence without nested callbacks
- execute multiple file reads in parallel and collect results
- handle async errors without crashing a long-running node server
- process a dynamic list of files concurrently with a group
- simplify callback-based node.js code
When to choose
- maintaining legacy Node.js codebases already using callback-style async
- you want a tiny, dependency-free control-flow helper for callback APIs
When to avoid
- starting a new project - use async/await or modern promise-based libraries instead
- the project is unmaintained with no releases since 2017
Facets
library · maturity abandoned
concurrency error-handling developer-tools backend async-control-flow callback-management nodejs automation
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/creationix/step · fetched 2026-08-28 · d3a4bcb2dca2
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/step · fetched 2026-08-29 · aa667e8c28c6
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| creationix/step | main | 32 |
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