# volojs/volo

Create front end projects from templates, add dependencies, and automate the resulting projects

Repository: https://github.com/volojs/volo
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/volojs-volo
Homepage: https://volojs.github.io/
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2022-11-25T19:29:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5357, "days_push": 1377, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1412, forks 99 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:39.134836+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: package-manager, build-tool, cli, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: project-templates, github-packages, amd, task-automation, volofile, javascript-libraries, command-line, automation, nodejs

## Member repositories
- volojs/volo (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:39.134836+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 2026-08-30T04:38:22.416922+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/volojs/volo (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:39.134836+00:00, sha 1d991d0d1a22)
  - homepage: https://volojs.github.io/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:51:35.267932+00:00, sha f81a95294b43)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/volo (fetched 2026-08-29T11:51:35.276867+00:00, sha 0dda2d481ece)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.