# nate-parrott/ball

Repository: https://github.com/nate-parrott/ball
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ball
Language: Swift
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-11-13T18:02:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 38/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 52, release rhythm 8, longevity 57
- inputs: {"age_days": 802, "days_push": 293, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1702, forks 40 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:24.422223+00:00)

## What it is
A small macOS toy app that puts a bouncing ball in your dock, which you can drag, flick, and bounce around the screen. It is a novelty desktop toy inspired by an old OS X Dashboard widget.

## Use cases
- put a bouncing ball in my mac dock
- fun desktop toy to fidget with
- flick a ball around the screen
- recreate the old dashboard bouncing ball widget
- see how many times a ball can bounce off walls
- entertaining app to show friends

## When to choose
- you want a lighthearted, playful desktop toy on macOS
- you enjoy physics-based fidget apps
- you want a small open-source novelty app to tinker with in Swift

## When to avoid
- you need a serious productivity or utility tool
- you are not on macOS
- you expect configurable colors or extensive features

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, animation
- domain: desktop-applications, entertainment, apple-ecosystem
- platform: -
- tags: toy-app, dock, physics, novelty, fun, macos, swift

## Member repositories
- nate-parrott/ball (main) score 38

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:24.422223+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:37:41.099529+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nate-parrott/ball (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:24.422223+00:00, sha 97233101614e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.