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jbboehr/handlebars-spec
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Handlebars Specification

v104.7.106(5y ago)51.2k↑121.4%1[3 PRs](https://github.com/jbboehr/handlebars-spec/pulls)3AGPL-3.0-or-laterTypeScript

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Handlebars Spec
===============

[](#handlebars-spec)

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The [handlebars.js](https://github.com/wycats/handlebars.js) specification converted to JSON.

This project was [originally developed](https://github.com/kasperisager/handlebars-spec) by [Kasper Isager](https://github.com/kasperisager).

License
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This project is licensed under the [AGPL-3.0-or-later](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt). *HOWEVER*, the specification data is part of [handlebars.js](https://github.com/handlebars-lang/handlebars.js)and is licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

###  Health Score

39

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LowBetter than 86% of packages

Maintenance29

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity26

Limited adoption so far

Community18

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity71

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 57.8% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~181 days

Recently: every ~416 days

Total

11

Last Release

2183d ago

Major Versions

v2.0.0 → v3.0.32015-09-16

v3.0.3 → v4.0.22015-10-27

v4.0.5-p1 → v104.7.62020-05-01

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

handlebarshandlebars-jshandlebars-specjsonmustachehandlebars

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