# dthree/vantage

Distributed, realtime CLI for live Node apps.

Repository: https://github.com/dthree/vantage
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vantage
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2021-08-27T13:57:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4114, "days_push": 1832, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3417, forks 108 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:03.744036+00:00)

## What it is
Vantage is a Node.js library that turns a live Node application into an interactive, remotely accessible CLI by combining CLI, SSH-like connectivity, and REPL. It extends Vorpal, letting developers build command APIs with commander-style syntax and hop across multiple live Node instances.

## Use cases
- remotely debug a live node app over ssh-like cli
- add a repl to my production node application
- build custom admin commands for a running node server
- pipe commands across multiple node instances from one terminal
- inspect live app state without restarting or redeploying

## When to choose
- you need live, remote diagnostics of a running Node app
- you want a commander.js-style command API exposed over a CLI
- you want tab completion, history, and REPL in one tool

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained project - the author is seeking volunteer maintainers
- you only need a local REPL without remote access
- you need strong security guarantees for production exposure

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cli, http-server, auth, middleware, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, backend
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: repl, ssh-like-remote-access, vorpal-extension, live-debugging, distributed-cli, command-line, nodejs

## Member repositories
- dthree/vantage (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:03.744036+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 2026-08-29T18:38:10.841879+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dthree/vantage (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:03.744036+00:00, sha 3e60a1ea81e5)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/vantage (fetched 2026-08-29T09:32:19.534222+00:00, sha 1f31c0c8306f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.