volojs/volo

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1412 stars · 99 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

volo is a Node.js-based command-line tool for creating front-end web projects from templates, adding JavaScript dependencies fetched from GitHub, and automating project tasks via volofiles. It acts as a generic command runner and dependency manager that favors GitHub as its package repository.

Use cases

• scaffold a front-end web project from a template
• add javascript libraries like jquery or backbone from the command line
• automate build tasks like linting and minification
• fetch dependencies directly from github repos
• deploy a static site to github pages
• create amd/requirejs-based projects

When to choose

• you maintain a legacy AMD/RequireJS project already using volo
• you want to pull front-end libraries straight from GitHub repos without npm
• you prefer simple volofile-based task automation in JavaScript

When to avoid

• you are starting a new project - use npm, yarn, pnpm, or vite instead
• you need actively maintained tooling with modern ecosystem support
• you need a package registry with version resolution and lockfiles

Facets

cli-tool · maturity abandoned

package-manager build-tool cli developer-tools web-development frontend developer-tools cli cross-platform project-templates github-packages amd task-automation volofile javascript-libraries command-line automation nodejs

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