# Turbolinks

Turbolinks makes navigating your web application faster

Repository: https://github.com/turbolinks/turbolinks
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/turbolinks
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2021-08-11T02:49:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3867, "days_push": 1848, "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 12580, forks 601 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:59.360109+00:00)

## What it is
Turbolinks is a JavaScript library that speeds up web application navigation by intercepting link clicks, fetching pages via fetch/HTML5 History API, and swapping the page body without a full reload. It delivers single-page-app-like performance while keeping server-rendered HTML views, and has been superseded by Hotwire's Turbo.

## Use cases
- make my server-rendered web app navigate faster without a SPA framework
- get SPA-like page transitions with plain HTML views
- avoid full page reloads when following links in a Rails app
- keep back and reload buttons working while speeding up navigation
- build hybrid mobile apps with native navigation over web views
- speed up page loads without changing my server to return JSON

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy Rails or server-rendered app already using Turbolinks 5
- you cannot migrate to Turbo/Hotwire but need faster navigation
- you want minimal JavaScript complexity with server-rendered HTML

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - use Hotwire Turbo instead, as Turbolinks is no longer developed
- you need client-side rendering, reactive state, or a component model
- your app requires fine-grained DOM updates or modern SPA features

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: frontend-framework, routing, state-management
- domain: web-development, frontend, performance
- platform: browser
- tags: spa-alternative, hotwire, turbo-predecessor, pjax-style-navigation, server-rendered-html, web-server

## Member repositories
- turbolinks/turbolinks (main) score 10
- turbolinks/turbolinks-classic (mirror) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:59.360109+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 2026-08-29T17:13:57.182921+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/turbolinks/turbolinks (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:59.360109+00:00, sha e9849e914033)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/turbolinks (fetched 2026-08-29T08:11:07.606406+00:00, sha 5e0d7a6809a8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.