# Treesaver/treesaver

JavaScript library for creating column and page-based layouts

Repository: https://github.com/Treesaver/treesaver
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/treesaver
Language: JavaScript
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2015-11-27T22:05:34+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": 5836, "days_push": 3932, "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 1057, forks 106 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:24.945240+00:00)

## What it is
Treesaver is a JavaScript framework for creating magazine-style, column- and page-based layouts using standards-compliant HTML and CSS. It was designed for digital publications and runs in the browser, including iOS UIWebViews.

## Use cases
- create magazine-style page layouts in the browser
- build column-based article layouts from HTML and CSS
- publish digital magazines that work across devices
- flow long-form content into paginated views
- embed paginated publications in iOS webviews

## When to avoid
- you need a modern, actively maintained layout solution
- you can use CSS Grid, Flexbox, or CSS multi-column instead
- you need framework support or recent browser features

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: abandoned
- function: frontend-framework, templating, css-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: magazine-layout, page-based-layouts, column-layout, html-css, publishing

## Member repositories
- Treesaver/treesaver (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:24.945240+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 2026-08-30T06:57:55.089074+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Treesaver/treesaver (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:24.945240+00:00, sha 43939b0df47e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.