# junhoyeo/threads-api

Unofficial, Reverse-Engineered Node.js/TypeScript client for Meta's Threads. Web UI Included.

Repository: https://github.com/junhoyeo/threads-api
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/threads-api
Homepage: https://threads.junho.io
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: instagram, instagram-api, meta, threads, threads-bridge, threads-api, threads-client, web-ui, barcelona
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-09-08T11:09:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 82
- inputs: {"age_days": 1154, "days_push": 1090, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1621, forks 135 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:12.441079+00:00)

## What it is
An unofficial, reverse-engineered Node.js/TypeScript client for Meta's Threads social network, built shortly after Threads launched, with an included web UI. Development stopped after Meta sent a cease-and-desist letter to the author.

## Use cases
- post to Threads programmatically
- fetch Threads user profiles and posts
- build a bot that publishes to Threads
- scrape Threads feed data in Node.js
- integrate Threads into a social media dashboard
- cross-post content from other platforms to Threads

## When to choose
- you need a quick unofficial way to read or post Threads content in TypeScript/Node.js and accept the legal and breakage risks
- you're studying how the Threads private API works

## When to avoid
- you need a supported, reliable integration for production
- you cannot accept legal risk from violating platform terms of service
- you need current functionality, since the API likely changed and the project is no longer maintained

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: http-client, web-scraping, sdk
- domain: social-media, apis, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: threads, instagram, reverse-engineering, unofficial-api, meta, nodejs, typescript

## Member repositories
- junhoyeo/threads-api (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:12.441079+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 2026-08-30T03:49:14.611576+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/junhoyeo/threads-api (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:12.441079+00:00, sha f3eb6b661b00)
  - homepage: https://threads.junho.io (fetched 2026-08-29T11:22:06.035022+00:00, sha 8cb93c3fac4e)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/threads-api (fetched 2026-08-29T11:22:06.037710+00:00, sha 487a604a41ec)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.