flow.js vs flow

flow.js

A JavaScript library providing multiple simultaneous, stable, fault-tolerant and resumable/restartable file uploads via the HTML5 File API. (by flowjs)

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flow

Adds static typing to JavaScript to improve developer productivity and code quality. (by facebook)

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flow.js		flow
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1	Mentions	8
2,942	Stars	22,076
0.0%	Growth	0.1%
0.0	Activity	10.0
9 months ago	Latest Commit	4 days ago
JavaScript	Language	OCaml
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	MIT License

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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

flow.js

Posts with mentions or reviews of flow.js. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-20.

Typescript vs Flow? and why?
2 projects | /r/Frontend | 20 May 2023

I think you are mistaking Flow unmaintained for Flow actively maintained.

flow

Posts with mentions or reviews of flow. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-07.

Eloquent JavaScript 4th edition (2024)
10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 7 Mar 2024

It's not as popular as typescript but not dead, it's consistently active [0] for a decade.
[0] https://github.com/facebook/flow/graphs/contributors
Should I Rust or should I Go
7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Sep 2023
Current thoughts on TypeScript, type safety, and its competition/presence in the ecosystem?
3 projects | /r/node | 11 Sep 2023

One alternative that I found was flow, thought haven't used it. There is a bevy of languages that transpiles to JS, though some seemingly lost their attention over time. Can the bridge to WASM contribute to this or is that digressing from the topic?
Typescript vs Flow? and why?
2 projects | /r/Frontend | 20 May 2023

I think you are mistaking Flow unmaintained for Flow actively maintained.
Interesting ocaml mention in buck2 by fb
5 projects | /r/ocaml | 9 Apr 2023

Hack and Flow are also written in OCaml.
I'll offer my two cents, since we're all taking another ride on the JavaScript hate train.
2 projects | /r/ProgrammerHumor | 10 Mar 2022

So... you're referring to flow?
Why Wolfram Tech Isn’t Open Source–A Dozen Reasons
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Dec 2021

It seems like Facebook doesn't have problem with releasing open source project [0] while keeping centralised control over it.
[0] https://github.com/facebook/flow
OCaml professionally
4 projects | /r/ocaml | 20 Mar 2021

Facebook uses OCaml professionally, for [Flow](https://github.com/facebook/flow), their typechecker for JavaScript, and [Pyre](https://github.com/facebook/pyre-check), their typechecker for Python.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing flow.js and flow you can also consider the following projects:

dropzone - Dropzone is an easy to use drag'n'drop library. It supports image previews and shows nice progress bars.

tezos

jQuery-File-Upload - File Upload widget with multiple file selection, drag&drop support, progress bar, validation and preview images, audio and video for jQuery. Supports cross-domain, chunked and resumable file uploads. Works with any server-side platform (Google App Engine, PHP, Python, Ruby on Rails, Java, etc.) that supports standard HTML form file uploads.

HHVM - A virtual machine for executing programs written in Hack.

plupload - Plupload is JavaScript API for building file uploaders. It supports multiple file selection, file filtering, chunked upload, client side image downsizing and when necessary can fallback to alternative runtimes, like Flash and Silverlight.

workflow-kotlin - A Swift and Kotlin library for making composable state machines, and UIs driven by those state machines.

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filepond - 🌊 A flexible and fun JavaScript file upload library

horizon - Horizon is a free EDA package

Uppy - The next open source file uploader for web browsers :dog:

proposal-types-as-comments - ECMAScript proposal for type syntax that is erased - Stage 1 [Moved to: https://github.com/tc39/proposal-type-annotations]