# morris/vanilla-todo

A case study on viable techniques for vanilla web development.

Repository: https://github.com/morris/vanilla-todo
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vanilla-todo
Homepage: https://morris.github.io/vanilla-todo/
Language: JavaScript
License: ISC
License Family: permissive
Topics: vanilla, frontend, javascript, css, html
Last push: 2026-08-02T21:46:03+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 75/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2143, "days_push": 31, "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 1184, forks 59 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:54.619719+00:00)

## What it is
A TeuxDeux-style todo application built entirely in plain HTML, CSS, and JavaScript with no build steps, serving as a case study on viable vanilla web development patterns. It documents maintainability trade-offs, rendering and reconciliation techniques, and performance benefits compared to framework-based approaches.

## Use cases
- learn vanilla javascript web development without frameworks
- study patterns for building web apps with no build step
- compare framework-based vs vanilla frontend performance
- find minimal patterns for dom rendering and reconciliation
- build a todo app in plain html css and javascript
- evaluate whether a project can skip react or a build pipeline

## When to choose
- you want to learn or teach framework-free web development techniques
- you need evidence and patterns for shipping a small app without build tooling
- you care about minimal payload size and fast load times

## When to avoid
- you need a production-ready todo app with sync, accounts, or mobile apps
- you want a reusable framework or library to drop into a project
- your team prefers the ergonomics of modern frameworks over verbose vanilla code

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: frontend-framework, state-management, animation, templating
- domain: web-development, frontend, education, tutorials
- platform: browser
- tags: vanilla-javascript, no-build-tools, case-study, todo-app, web-platform, html, css, javascript

## Member repositories
- morris/vanilla-todo (main) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:54.619719+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 2026-08-30T06:24:19.717141+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/morris/vanilla-todo (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:54.619719+00:00, sha 645ad0eaad37)
  - homepage: https://morris.github.io/vanilla-todo/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:31:20.643721+00:00, sha d8f9abce8c8a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.