# veltman/clmystery

A command-line murder mystery

Repository: https://github.com/veltman/clmystery
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/clmystery
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2023-09-21T14:20:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4694, "days_push": 1077, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6227, forks 1302 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:40.738294+00:00)

## What it is
A command-line murder mystery game where players solve a fictional crime in 'Terminal City' using shell commands like cat, grep, and nano. It doubles as a hands-on tutorial for learning the Unix command line.

## Use cases
- learn the command line interactively
- practice grep and shell text searching
- teach beginners terminal basics in a fun way
- classroom exercise for shell skills
- self-paced command line tutorial

## When to choose
- you want a gamified way to learn or teach shell basics
- you need a beginner-friendly command line exercise
- you want to practice file inspection and grep without setup

## When to avoid
- you need production software or a reusable tool
- you already know the command line well and want advanced material
- you want a GUI-based learning experience

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: stable
- function: developer-tools, cli
- domain: education, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: murder-mystery, terminal-game, shell-skills, grep, tutorial, education, command-line

## Member repositories
- veltman/clmystery (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:40.738294+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 2026-08-29T17:47:13.771021+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/veltman/clmystery (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:40.738294+00:00, sha 3ba036d033d8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.