# you-dont-need/You-Dont-Need

People choose popular projects, often not because it applies to their problems

Repository: https://github.com/you-dont-need/You-Dont-Need
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/you-dont-need
License Family: other
Topics: you-dont-need, you-may-not-need, website, youdontneed
Last push: 2021-09-28T05:55:12+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": 3630, "days_push": 1800, "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 3648, forks 190 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:12.985074+00:00)

## What it is
A curated awesome-list of guides and resources showing when popular JavaScript libraries and tools (Lodash, Moment.js, Redux, jQuery, etc.) can be replaced with native browser APIs or simpler alternatives. It is a documentation/education repository, not runnable software.

## Use cases
- find native alternatives to lodash methods
- decide whether I need moment.js for date handling
- learn when redux is overkill for a react app
- replace axios with the fetch api
- do things in css instead of javascript
- avoid unnecessary transpilation of javascript

## When to choose
- you want curated links on avoiding heavy dependencies in JavaScript projects
- you are evaluating whether a popular library is necessary for your use case

## When to avoid
- you need runnable code or a tool rather than a link collection
- you need up-to-date guidance, as the list has not been updated since 2021

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, documentation
- domain: developer-tools, web-development, awesome-lists
- platform: -
- tags: awesome-list, curated-links, javascript, minimalism, native-apis, web-server

## Member repositories
- you-dont-need/You-Dont-Need (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:12.985074+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 2026-08-29T18:31:43.197776+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/you-dont-need/You-Dont-Need (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:12.985074+00:00, sha b6274e258bd7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.