# WebKit/WebKit-http

Deprecated unofficial http mirror of the WebKit SVN repository

Repository: https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit-http
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/webkit-http
Homepage: http://www.webkit.org/
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-02-10T10:23:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5713, "days_push": 1665, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license, no_readme
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4970, forks 1962 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:04.035374+00:00)

## What it is
A deprecated unofficial HTTP mirror of the WebKit SVN repository, the open-source web browser engine behind Safari, Mail, and other Apple applications. The mirror is no longer maintained; the canonical WebKit source now lives in the official WebKit GitHub repository.

## Use cases
- browse historical WebKit source code
- clone WebKit source over http
- study browser engine internals
- find an old WebKit commit from the SVN era
- build WebKit from a legacy snapshot

## When to choose
- you need read-only access to historical WebKit source from the SVN mirror era
- you are researching old WebKit revisions

## When to avoid
- you want to contribute to WebKit or get the latest source - use the official WebKit/WebKit GitHub repository
- you need an actively maintained checkout
- you want prebuilt browser binaries

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: browser-extension, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, browser-extensions, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cpp
- tags: browser-engine, webkit, mirror, deprecated, safari, rendering-engine, javascript-engine, macos, ios, linux

## Member repositories
- WebKit/WebKit-http (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:04.035374+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 2026-08-29T18:17:45.563709+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - homepage: http://www.webkit.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:59:39.243988+00:00, sha 7c0cde905a38)
  - site_page: https://webkit.org/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T08:59:39.254979+00:00, sha dfee210ecb44)
  - site_page: https://webkit.org/blog/18178/webkit-features-for-safari-26-6 (fetched 2026-08-29T08:59:39.256937+00:00, sha 5a51e4ac9904)
  - site_page: https://webkit.org/css-status (fetched 2026-08-29T08:59:39.253047+00:00, sha 567ba55307dd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.