typicode/json-server

Get a full fake REST API with zero coding in less than 30 seconds (seriously)

75.7k stars · 7.3k forks · JavaScript

At risk

At risk: one person wrote most commits, and no one has committed by hand in 90 days.

Why

One person wrote 86% of human commits in the last year, and no human has committed in the last 90 days. (source 1, source 2)

What would change this

A human commit in the last 90 days, or a second person taking a large share of commits.

Maintenance

Complete

Slowing

Human commits, 30 days: 0
Human commits, 90 days: 0
Human commits, 365 days: 64
Bot share of commits, 365 days: 0%
Last commit: Mar 23, 2026 (6 months ago)
Last human commit: Mar 23, 2026 (6 months ago)
Authors, 90 days: 0
Last release: Mar 23, 2026 (6 months ago)
Median PR merge time: under an hour

Responsiveness: of 4 recent issues, n/a got a maintainer reply. Median first response: n/a.

Only 4 recent issues can be checked for a response, too few to measure response time.

Sources: Commits, Releases, Merged pull requests, Issues

People

Complete

Owner: Personal account
Commits sampled: 64 since Oct 14, 2025
Authors for half of commits: 1
Authors for 80% of commits: 1
Contributors: 82

Top committers

typicode: 86% of commits
Copilot: 8% of commits
Omar-Tnt04: 3% of commits
codehassoul: 2% of commits
pgoslatara: 2% of commits

Sources: Commits, Contributors

Stars

Complete

Organic, confidence high

Bars show stars gained each week. Orange bars overlap a burst.

Bursts

Aug 21, 2014 to Aug 23, 2014: about 97 more stars than usual, peak 37 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks.
May 4, 2015 to Jun 7, 2015: about 5.7k more stars than usual, peak 626 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks.
Aug 17, 2015 to Aug 20, 2015: about 307 more stars than usual, peak 149 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Sep 22, 2015 to Sep 24, 2015: about 149 more stars than usual, peak 82 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks.
May 2, 2016 to May 17, 2016: about 2.1k more stars than usual, peak 432 in one day, a shape we can't classify. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Aug 1, 2016 to Aug 2, 2016: about 65 more stars than usual, peak 49 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Oct 31, 2016 to Nov 3, 2016: about 131 more stars than usual, peak 67 in one day, a shape we can't classify. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Jun 22, 2017 to Jun 27, 2017: about 546 more stars than usual, peak 158 in one day, a flat block of stars. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Nov 9, 2017 to Nov 9, 2017: about 56 more stars than usual, peak 80 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks.
May 1, 2018 to May 3, 2018: about 147 more stars than usual, peak 110 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks.
Aug 23, 2018 to Aug 24, 2018: about 121 more stars than usual, peak 110 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
Nov 8, 2021 to Nov 9, 2021: about 65 more stars than usual, peak 66 in one day, a spike that tapers off. We couldn't check for an outside explanation.
Nov 26, 2021 to Dec 3, 2021: about 270 more stars than usual, peak 74 in one day, a shape we can't classify. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.
Sep 27, 2023 to Sep 28, 2023: about 69 more stars than usual, peak 59 in one day, a spike that tapers off. We couldn't check for an outside explanation.
Jan 4, 2024 to Jan 5, 2024: about 50 more stars than usual, peak 43 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in issues and pull requests.

3 stars GitHub has since removed (tracked since Oct 13, 2026).

Anyone can buy stars for any repo; bursts alone don't prove the owner did.

The star history looks organic.

Sources: How star history is analyzed

Risk

Complete

Flags

Info: The OpenSSF Scorecard for this project is 3.6 out of 10 (deps.dev). Details

License

Now: MIT (OSI-approved)
A year ago: Not known

Packages

json-server (NPM): latest 1.0.0-beta.15, published Mar 23, 2026
Advisories for the latest version: none listed

Package and advisory data: deps.dev and OSV.

OpenSSF Scorecard: 3.6 out of 10 (via deps.dev).

Sources: GitHub: typicode/json-server, deps.dev: npm json-server

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Earlier verdicts

Oct 14, 2026: At risk
Oct 13, 2026: At risk
Oct 13, 2026: At risk

Computed 18 hours ago · method 2026.10.2