# tholman/zenpen

A minimalist writing zone.

Repository: https://github.com/tholman/zenpen
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/zenpen
Homepage: http://www.zenpen.io
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-01-01T19:04:40+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4965, "days_push": 609, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3768, forks 398 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:18.115219+00:00)

## What it is
ZenPen is a minimalist web-based writing app designed to eliminate distractions and help writers focus. It persists text locally via HTML5 local storage and supports exporting to Markdown, HTML, or plain text.

## Use cases
- write without distractions in the browser
- draft blog posts in a clean minimal editor
- take quick notes that persist locally
- export writing as markdown or plain text
- set a target word count while writing

## When to avoid
- you need cloud sync or multi-device access
- you need collaborative or rich-document editing features
- you need a full word processor with formatting control

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: editor, markdown, file-system
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors, web-development
- platform: browser
- tags: distraction-free-writing, minimalist-editor, local-storage, writing-app, web

## Member repositories
- tholman/zenpen (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:18.115219+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 2026-08-29T18:27:54.550233+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tholman/zenpen (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:18.115219+00:00, sha d12c94cf6961)
  - homepage: http://www.zenpen.io (fetched 2026-08-29T09:22:56.495877+00:00, sha ebec313ad032)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.