# tower-archive/tower

UNMAINTAINED - Small components for building apps, manipulating data, and automating a distributed infrastructure.

Repository: https://github.com/tower-archive/tower
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tower-archive-tower
Homepage: http://tower.github.io
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2013-12-14T05:00:37+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5440, "days_push": 4645, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1774, forks 117 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:34.386562+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: abandoned
- function: web-framework, routing, orm, templating, cli, state-management
- domain: web-development, backend, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: browser
- tags: modular-architecture, isomorphic, micro-components, unmaintained, component-based, nodejs, javascript

## Member repositories
- tower-archive/tower (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:34.386562+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 2026-08-30T03:25:24.287840+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tower-archive/tower (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:34.386562+00:00, sha c6a4cb55c73a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.