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📦 @whimsy-ware/keep-it-alive

“Because even your code deserves a heartbeat.”

@whimsy-ware/keep-it-alive is the only npm package that will literally keep your code alive by printing a friendly “You’re still alive!” message every 30 seconds.
It’s useful for:

Fun demos / code‑golf
“Lonely” modules that need a little love
As a joke in your README or commit messages

📥 Install

npm i @whimsy-ware/keep-it-alive

🔧 Usage

// app.js
const keepAlive = require('@whimsy-ware/keep-it-alive')

// Start the heartbeat. Optional callback runs each tick.
const stop = keepAlive(() => {
  // Do something on every heartbeat (e.g., ping a health‑check endpoint)
})

// When you want to stop the heartbeat
// stop()

What it does

Action	Result
`keepAlive()`	Logs `💖 You're still alive!` every 30 s
Pass a callback	The callback is invoked on each tick
Call the returned function	Clears the interval – no more heartbeats

📦 API

/**
 * Starts a heartbeat that logs every 30 seconds.
 *
 * @param cb Optional callback invoked on each tick.
 * @returns A function that stops the heartbeat.
 */
function keepAlive(cb?: () => void): () => void

🎉 Example

const keepAlive = require('@whimsy-ware/keep-it-alive')

console.log('Starting the project…')
const stop = keepAlive(() => console.log('Heartbeat tick!'))

setTimeout(() => {
  console.log('Stopping the heartbeat…')
  stop()
}, 120000)   // Stop after 2 minutes

Output:

Starting the project…
💖 You're still alive!
Heartbeat tick!
💖 You're still alive!
Heartbeat tick!
Stopping the heartbeat…

🤝 Contributing

Pull requests are welcome!

Add more fun options (different tick intervals, custom messages)
Improve docs or add TypeScript typings
Create an npm script that auto‑bump the version on every release

📜 License

📣 Spread the Love

# GitHub gist style
git add .
git commit -m "Add @whimsy-ware/keep-it-alive – keeps code alive!"
git push

“I just added @whimsy-ware/keep-it-alive to my project – it keeps my code alive! #npmjokes”

💬 FAQ

Q: Does it depend on any other libraries?
A: No. It’s a single file with no external dependencies.

Q: Will it interfere with production?

A: It only logs to the console. If you’re in a CI environment, just ignore the output or pass null as the callback.

Happy heart‑beating! ❤️