# withspectrum/spectrum

Simple, powerful online communities.

Repository: https://github.com/withspectrum/spectrum
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/withspectrum-spectrum
Homepage: https://spectrum.chat
Language: JavaScript
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: reactjs, nodejs, react, styled-components, graphql, rethinkdb, flowtype, expo
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-07-20T03:30:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3717, "days_push": 1505, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 10834, forks 1198 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:44.457327+00:00)

## What it is
Spectrum is an open-source online community platform that combines threaded forums with real-time chat, including moderation tooling and community health monitoring. This repository is the full monorepo codebase of the Spectrum product, built with React, Node.js, GraphQL, and RethinkDB.

## Use cases
- host a self-hosted community forum with real-time chat
- build an online community combining threads and chat
- run a moderated discussion platform for a developer community
- self-host a Reddit-style community with realtime features
- study a full-scale React/GraphQL production codebase
- deploy a community platform with moderation tooling

## When to choose
- you want a self-hosted community platform blending forums and real-time chat
- you need threaded conversations with moderation and community health tooling
- you want a reference codebase for a large React/Node/GraphQL monorepo

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software with recent updates and support
- you just want a simple forum or chat app without running a complex monorepo
- you need a lightweight embeddable library rather than a full product
- you rely on RethinkDB, which is no longer widely maintained

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: web-framework, graphql, chat-interface, http-server
- domain: web-development, social-media, self-hosted
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: online-communities, forum, realtime-chat, monorepo, react, styled-components, rethinkdb, moderation, community, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- withspectrum/spectrum (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:44.457327+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 2026-08-29T17:17:30.828728+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/withspectrum/spectrum (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:44.457327+00:00, sha bbb5d2df14e8)
  - homepage: https://spectrum.chat (fetched 2026-08-29T08:16:53.430070+00:00, sha baa3543f570a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.