# livid/v2ex-gae

Legacy code of V2EX running on Google App Engine

Repository: https://github.com/livid/v2ex-gae
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/v2ex-gae
Homepage: https://www.v2ex.com/
Language: Python
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2017-10-23T02:48:50+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5892, "days_push": 3236, "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 3086, forks 474 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:42.149290+00:00)

## What it is
Project Babel 2 is the legacy Python codebase that powered the V2EX community, a forum application for creating and supporting online discussion communities. It runs on Google App Engine and organizes topics under Nodes with features like Atom feeds, themes, Twitter OAuth sync, and MapReduce data tasks.

## Use cases
- host a self-hosted discussion forum on Google App Engine
- run a community site with topics organized into nodes
- study how V2EX was originally built in Python
- deploy a lightweight forum with Atom feeds and mobile themes
- create an online community with sections, categories, and nodes

## When to choose
- you specifically want to run a forum on legacy Google App Engine (Python 2 era)
- you want to study or fork the original V2EX codebase
- you need a minimal BSD-licensed community platform to adapt

## When to avoid
- you need a modern, maintained forum solution
- you are not deploying to Google App Engine
- you need Python 3 or current cloud infrastructure support
- you expect active community support or updates

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: web-framework, http-server, templating, web-scraping
- domain: web-development, self-hosted, cms
- platform: python, cloud, self-hosted
- tags: forum-software, community-platform, google-app-engine, discussion-board, legacy, project-babel, v2ex, web-server

## Member repositories
- livid/v2ex-gae (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:42.149290+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 2026-08-30T07:27:32.263375+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/livid/v2ex-gae (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:42.149290+00:00, sha 816ed0e0adec)
  - homepage: https://www.v2ex.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:42:49.560207+00:00, sha d7f68f5722d7)
  - site_page: https://www.v2ex.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T09:42:49.564776+00:00, sha e0e76b5d39bc)
  - site_page: https://www.v2ex.com/pro/about (fetched 2026-08-29T09:42:49.567273+00:00, sha ca5e60675a2e)
  - site_page: https://www.v2ex.com/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T09:42:49.569443+00:00, sha 072e5ec546f8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.