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tower-archive/tower

UNMAINTAINED - Small components for building apps, manipulating data, and automating a distributed infrastructure. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/tower-archive/tower · homepage · JavaScript · MIT (permissive) 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: 5440
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 4645
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1774 stars · 117 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Tower.js is a modular JavaScript framework of small (~1kb) components for building apps, manipulating data, and managing distributed infrastructure on both client and server. It bundles modules for resources, querying, routing, validation, and templating, installable via npm or component.

Use cases

  • build modular non-monolithic node.js web apps
  • use tiny standalone components for routing and validation
  • share data-manipulation modules between client and server
  • scaffold and manage distributed app services via CLI
  • render templates on client and server

When to choose

  • you want to reuse individual micro-components in an existing node.js project
  • you need a lightweight alternative to monolithic MVC frameworks
  • you are studying modular framework architecture

When to avoid

  • starting any new production project - it is explicitly unmaintained and unfinished
  • you need a stable, documented framework with community support
  • you rely on modern JavaScript tooling and package ecosystems

Facets

framework · maturity abandoned

web-framework routing orm templating cli state-management web-development backend frontend developer-tools browser modular-architecture isomorphic micro-components unmaintained component-based nodejs javascript

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Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
tower-archive/towermain32

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