GoogleChrome/workbox
📦 Workbox: JavaScript libraries for Progressive Web Apps observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
91/100
- Activity 95
- Release rhythm 82
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 0
- age_days: 3803
- days_rel: 120
- days_push: 30
- n_releases_24m: 6
Adoption not part of the score
12992 stars · 880 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Workbox is a collection of JavaScript libraries and build tooling from the Chrome team for generating and managing service workers in Progressive Web Apps. It simplifies common caching strategies, routing, and offline support for web applications.
Use cases
- add offline support to a web app
- precache app shell assets with a service worker
- implement runtime caching strategies for API responses
- generate a service worker at build time
- make a single-page app work offline
- serve stale content while revalidating in the background
When to choose
- you are building a PWA and want production-ready service worker tooling
- you want battle-tested caching strategies without writing raw service worker code
- you want Chrome-team-maintained integration with bundlers and build pipelines
When to avoid
- your app has no offline or caching requirements
- you need fine-grained control beyond Workbox's abstractions and prefer hand-written service workers
- you target environments without service worker support
Facets
library · maturity stable
caching middleware developer-tools web-development frontend developer-tools browser service-worker progressive-web-app offline-first pwa precaching runtime-caching nodejs javascript
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/GoogleChrome/workbox · fetched 2026-08-28 · 93ffbd41f3d5
- homepage: https://developers.google.com/web/tools/workbox/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9b99cea5df4d
- site_page: https://developer.chrome.com/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · e332f343e20e
- site_page: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/web-platform · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3a64aa5949b9
- site_page: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/capabilities · fetched 2026-08-29 · fa7a497e35fc
- site_page: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/automation-and-testing · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9d1a85eb8718
- site_page: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/chromedriver · fetched 2026-08-29 · 299702e6528a
- site_page: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1b3000706122
- site_page: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/webstore · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7e2ba0f4b2c3
- site_page: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/chromium · fetched 2026-08-29 · 5b41a2712c9e
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| GoogleChrome/workbox | main | 91 |
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