# microsoft/TypeScript-Handbook

Deprecated, please use the TypeScript-Website repo instead

Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript-Handbook
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/typescript-handbook
Homepage: https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript-Website
Language: JavaScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: typescript, typescript-handbook, documentation, learn
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-08-01T19:54:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4163, "days_push": 2223, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4850, forks 1106 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:01.417098+00:00)

## What it is
The original Microsoft TypeScript Handbook, a comprehensive guide to the TypeScript language published on the TypeScript website. It is deprecated and its content has moved into the microsoft/TypeScript-Website repository.

## Use cases
- learn TypeScript from scratch
- find official TypeScript language documentation
- read the TypeScript handbook offline
- understand TypeScript basic types and features
- contribute to TypeScript documentation
- look up TypeScript language specification references

## When to choose
- you need historical versions of the TypeScript handbook
- you want to trace the documentation's original source

## When to avoid
- you want up-to-date TypeScript documentation - use microsoft/TypeScript-Website instead
- you want to contribute to the current handbook
- you need documentation for recent TypeScript features

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: abandoned
- function: documentation
- domain: documentation, programming-languages, tutorials
- platform: -
- tags: typescript, deprecated, handbook, moved-to-typescript-website, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- microsoft/TypeScript-Handbook (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:01.417098+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 2026-08-29T18:18:25.214037+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript-Handbook (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:01.417098+00:00, sha bf83a8c9ef47)
  - homepage: https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript-Website (fetched 2026-08-29T09:01:13.587010+00:00, sha c45cc6e6b089)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.