# trevorlinton/webkit.js

Pure JavaScript Port of WebKit

Repository: https://github.com/trevorlinton/webkit.js
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/webkitjs
License Family: other
Last push: 2018-12-30T11:11:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4612, "days_push": 2803, "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 1971, forks 87 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:00.854028+00:00)

## What it is
A pure JavaScript port of WebKit's WebCore compiled via Emscripten, capable of rendering HTML5, CSS3, and SVG to WebGL/Canvas contexts in both Node.js and browsers. It aims to enable webpage rendering, screenshot capture, and automated web testing without a native browser engine.

## Use cases
- render web pages to canvas or webgl in pure javascript
- capture webpage screenshots in node.js
- automated web testing without a native browser
- headless html/css rendering in javascript
- prototype css filters and html elements
- run a browser rendering engine entirely in javascript

## When to choose
- you need an experimental pure-JS HTML/CSS/SVG renderer in Node or the browser
- you want to render web content to WebGL/Canvas without native dependencies
- you're researching JavaScript rendering engine performance

## When to avoid
- you need a production-ready or stable rendering engine
- you need full mouse/keyboard event support or a stable API
- you need a maintained project - it has been inactive since 2018
- you need video/audio decoding in the default build

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: graphics, web-scraping, testing, image-processing
- domain: web-development, browser-extensions, graphics, developer-tools
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: webkit, emscripten, webcore, html5-rendering, css3, svg, webgl, canvas, phantomjs-alternative, browser-engine, nodejs

## Member repositories
- trevorlinton/webkit.js (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:00.854028+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 2026-08-30T03:05:06.150710+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/trevorlinton/webkit.js (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:00.854028+00:00, sha 4ac24262a528)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.