Roots
Static site compiler for Node.js that builds websites from source files in a project folder.
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.
Identity
- Status
- Stub
- Maintainer
- Jeff Escalante2
- Maintained by
- Individual
- First release
- 20126
Rendering and deploy
- Runs as
- Static files3
- Rendering
- Static output3
- Install with
- npm install roots -g3
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-23: links, Written in, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/jescalan/roots - 2026-10-23: Maintainer, License model
github.com/jescalan/roots/blob/master/license.md - 2026-10-23: Categories, Install with, Rendering, Runs as
github.com/jescalan/roots/blob/master/readme.md - 2026-10-23: Runtime, Minimum runtime
github.com/jescalan/roots/blob/master/package.json - 2026-10-23: License
registry.npmjs.org/roots/latest - 2026-10-23: First release
registry.npmjs.org/roots - 2026-10-23: Current major version, Last release
api.github.com/repos/jescalan/roots/releases - 2026-10-23: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/jescalan/roots/contributors - 2026-10-23: npm downloads a week
api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/roots - 2026-10-25: Dependent repositories, Dependent packages
packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/roots