# kbrsh/wade

:ocean: Blazing fast 1kb search library

Repository: https://github.com/kbrsh/wade
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/wade
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-05-13T08:18:33+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": 3392, "days_push": 1208, "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 2956, forks 58 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:32.185315+00:00)

## What it is
Wade is a blazing fast, 1kb JavaScript search library that indexes an array of data and returns scored results for queries. It is designed for lightweight client-side full-text search with zero dependencies.

## Use cases
- add instant search to a small static site
- search an in-memory array of strings in the browser
- implement client-side autocomplete with relevance scores
- add lightweight search to a single-page app without a backend
- fuzzy prefix search over a small dataset

## When to choose
- you need a tiny, dependency-free search for small in-browser datasets
- bundle size matters more than advanced search features
- you want simple index-and-query semantics with scored results

## When to avoid
- you need large-scale or server-side search
- you need fuzzy typo tolerance, stemming, or faceting
- you need to index complex documents or many fields
- the project appears minimally maintained, so long-term support matters

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: search-engine
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: browser
- tags: tiny-library, client-side-search, fuzzy-search, 1kb, zero-dependency, search, nodejs, javascript

## Member repositories
- kbrsh/wade (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:32.185315+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 2026-08-30T07:32:13.596981+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kbrsh/wade (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:32.185315+00:00, sha 86156f8d8fe1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.