# JeffreyZhao/wind

Asynchronous flow control in JavaScript, with JavaScript.

Repository: https://github.com/JeffreyZhao/wind
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/wind
Homepage: http://windjs.org/
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Last push: 2012-09-15T02:27:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5763, "days_push": 5101, "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 1519, forks 230 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:57.577320+00:00)

## What it is
Wind.js is a JavaScript library for asynchronous flow control written in plain JavaScript, enabling sequential-style async programming without pre-compilation steps. It was popular in the early 2010s but has not been maintained since 2012.

## Use cases
- write sequential-looking asynchronous code in JavaScript
- avoid callback hell in async workflows
- control async flow without a precompiler or transpiler
- manage complex asynchronous task sequences

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy codebase that already uses Wind.js
- studying historical approaches to async flow control in JavaScript

## When to avoid
- starting any new JavaScript project
- you need modern async/await support
- you need an actively maintained library with security updates

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: concurrency, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, developer-tools
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: async-flow-control, javascript, coroutines, legacy, nodejs

## Member repositories
- JeffreyZhao/wind (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:57.577320+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 2026-08-30T04:31:56.702894+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/JeffreyZhao/wind (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:57.577320+00:00, sha f9904a44f38d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.