# totaljs/framework

Node.js framework

Repository: https://github.com/totaljs/framework
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/totaljs-framework
Homepage: http://www.totaljs.com
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: node, framework, web, websocket, javascript, quality
Last push: 2024-03-22T08:28:40+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": 5008, "days_push": 894, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4358, forks 437 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:46.493449+00:00)

## What it is
Total.js framework is a full-featured, dependency-free web framework for Node.js written in pure JavaScript, comparable to Laravel, Django, or ASP.NET MVC. It serves as a foundation for web, desktop, service, and IoT applications with built-in WebSockets, RESTful routing, image processing, and static file serving.

## Use cases
- build a web application in node.js without npm dependencies
- create a restful api server in pure javascript
- build a real-time app with websockets in node.js
- develop an iot application with a node.js backend
- stream video or ip camera feeds from a node.js server
- build a cms or eshop backend in javascript
- serve and compress static assets just-in-time

## When to choose
- you want a batteries-included, zero-dependency Node.js framework
- you need built-in WebSockets, image processing, and static file serving out of the box
- you prefer an MVC-style architecture similar to Laravel or Django in JavaScript
- you are building within the Total.js Platform ecosystem (CMS, Flow, OpenPlatform)

## When to avoid
- you want the largest ecosystem and community, where Express, Fastify, or NestJS dominate
- you need heavy third-party npm module integration
- you prefer TypeScript-first frameworks
- you are starting a new project, since the README points to Total.js 4/5 as the current versions

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: web-framework, http-server, websocket, routing, templating, middleware, image-processing, static-site-generator
- domain: web-development, backend, developer-tools, iot
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: totaljs, pure-javascript, no-dependencies, mvc, restful, server-sent-events, nosql-embedded, full-stack, nodejs, javascript, web-server

## Member repositories
- totaljs/framework (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:46.493449+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 2026-08-29T18:21:28.839481+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/totaljs/framework (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:46.493449+00:00, sha cbfd68f3e74b)
  - homepage: http://www.totaljs.com (fetched 2026-08-29T09:10:17.392918+00:00, sha edda92a971ce)
  - site_page: https://www.totaljs.com/documentation (fetched 2026-08-29T09:10:17.398050+00:00, sha 3e2c87e041b2)
  - site_page: https://blog.totaljs.com/posts/3388883001jf71b (fetched 2026-08-29T09:10:17.399963+00:00, sha de8d8d80e716)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.