# Roots

Static site compiler for Node.js that builds websites from source files in a project folder.

STUB. This software has no release or pre-release in four years, or its project site no longer shows it, so it is not part of the register, not counted and not indexed. It will be checked again.

Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/roots/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-23
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-23

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/jescalan/roots

### Identity

- status: stub
- maintainer: Jeff Escalante
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2012
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ssg
- hosting: static
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: node 0.10
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: static
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: npm install roots -g

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 5
- latestReleaseDate: 2017-06-28

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 1446
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 185
- contributors: 26
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 98
- dependentPackages: 26

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/jescalan/roots (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://github.com/jescalan/roots/blob/master/license.md (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/jescalan/roots (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://github.com/jescalan/roots/blob/master/readme.md (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://github.com/jescalan/roots/blob/master/package.json (read 2026-10-23)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/jescalan/roots/blob/master/package.json (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://github.com/jescalan/roots/blob/master/readme.md (read 2026-10-23)
- renderingModes: https://github.com/jescalan/roots/blob/master/readme.md (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://github.com/jescalan/roots/blob/master/readme.md (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://registry.npmjs.org/roots/latest (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/jescalan/roots/blob/master/license.md (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://registry.npmjs.org/roots (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/jescalan/roots/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/jescalan/roots/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/jescalan/roots (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/jescalan/roots/contributors (read 2026-10-23)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/roots (read 2026-10-23)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/roots (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/roots (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Roots is a static site compiler for Node.js, written in CoffeeScript and installed from npm. The README describes it as a tool for building static sites quickly.

## Worth knowing

The README says Roots is in maintenance mode, is not under active development and gets no new features. It names spike as the project the team now works on. The homepage and documentation addresses in the repository and package metadata no longer answer.

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