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thattommyhall/creek — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-07-18 · repo last pushed 2013-01-23

CoffeeScriptAudience · dataComplexity · 3/5DormantSetup · moderate

tl;dr

Creek analyzes streaming data like tweets or logs in real time, giving live stats such as trending words, without storing everything.

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    What it does
      Real time analytics
      No storage needed
      Config driven rules
      REST API output
    Tech stack
      CoffeeScript
      REST API
      Web interface
    Use cases
      Trending words
      Live dashboards
      Log monitoring
      Sensor stats
    Audience
      Ops teams
      Data engineers
      Monitoring builders

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what do people make with this?

VIBE 1

Track top 10 trending words from a live Twitter stream over the last 30 minutes.

VIBE 2

Build a quick operational dashboard for monitoring log entries in real time.

VIBE 3

Count unique values or trends from a continuous sensor data feed.

VIBE 4

Get live statistics via a REST API without building a full data pipeline.

what's the stack?

CoffeeScriptREST API

how it stacks up fr

thattommyhall/creekskevy/atom-lintskevy/atom-react
LanguageCoffeeScriptCoffeeScriptCoffeeScript
Last pushed2013-01-232014-05-172014-12-30
MaintenanceDormantDormantDormant
Setup difficultymoderatemoderateeasy
Complexity3/52/51/5
Audiencedatadeveloperdeveloper

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how do i run it?

Difficulty · moderate time til it works · 30min

Project is no longer actively maintained, README points to a successor.

The README does not state license terms.

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prompt 1
Show me how to write a Creek config file to track trending words from a text stream.
prompt 2
Help me pipe a JSON data stream through Creek and query the resulting REST API.
prompt 3
Explain how Creek's aggregators calculate live counts without storing raw data.
prompt 4
What does Creek's successor project offer that this one no longer has maintained?

Frequently asked questions

what is creek fr?

Creek analyzes streaming data like tweets or logs in real time, giving live stats such as trending words, without storing everything.

What language is creek written in?

Mainly CoffeeScript. The stack also includes CoffeeScript, REST API.

Is creek actively maintained?

Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2013-01-23).

What license does creek use?

The README does not state license terms.

How hard is creek to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is creek for?

Mainly data.

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