# esamattis/underscore.string

String manipulation helpers for javascript

Repository: https://github.com/esamattis/underscore.string
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/underscorestring
Homepage: http://esamattis.github.com/underscore.string/
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Topics: javascript, string, utility
Last push: 2026-01-30T11:29:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 52/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 65, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5881, "days_push": 215, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3358, forks 367 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:57.992837+00:00)

## What it is
A JavaScript string manipulation library providing helpers like slugify, trim, and capitalize, originally an Underscore.js extension. The repository is now archived and users are directed to native browser methods or es-toolkit.

## Use cases
- slugify strings in javascript
- capitalize and trim strings in node
- string manipulation helpers for javascript
- convert text to camelCase or kebab-case
- chain string transformations in javascript

## When to choose
- you need a tiny standalone string utility for legacy JavaScript environments lacking native methods
- you are maintaining an old codebase that already depends on it

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - the repo is archived and unmaintained
- modern browsers or Node versions that already have native string methods
- you want an actively maintained alternative like es-toolkit

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, web-development
- platform: browser
- tags: string-manipulation, utility-library, archived, underscore-plugin, nodejs, javascript

## Member repositories
- esamattis/underscore.string (main) score 52

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:57.992837+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 2026-08-29T18:40:54.178891+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/esamattis/underscore.string (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:57.992837+00:00, sha 65afb97cb0f2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.