# ellisonleao/clumsy-bird

:bird: :video_game: A MelonJS port of the famous Flappy Bird Game

Repository: https://github.com/ellisonleao/clumsy-bird
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/clumsy-bird
Homepage: http://ellisonleao.github.io/clumsy-bird/
Language: JavaScript
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: javascript, melonjs, game-development, flappy-bird, game
Archived: true
Last push: 2018-04-13T23:19:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4593, "days_push": 3064, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1620, forks 1103 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:12.347727+00:00)

## What it is
Clumsy Bird is an open-source HTML5 clone of the famous Flappy Bird game, built with the MelonJS game engine in JavaScript. It can be played online in a browser, run locally with Grunt, and customized by developers to build their own games.

## Use cases
- play a flappy bird clone in the browser
- learn game development with melonjs
- customize an open source html5 game
- build my own flappy bird variant
- study a simple javascript game codebase
- deploy a browser game to heroku

## When to choose
- you want a simple, complete example of a MelonJS game
- you want to fork and customize a Flappy Bird-style game
- you are learning HTML5 game development with JavaScript

## When to avoid
- you need a modern, actively maintained game engine or project
- you want 3D or advanced game features
- you need a game framework rather than a finished game example

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: game-engine, graphics
- domain: gaming-tools, web-development
- platform: browser
- tags: flappy-bird-clone, melonjs, html5-game, open-source-game, game-development, web-server, javascript, nodejs

## Member repositories
- ellisonleao/clumsy-bird (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:12.347727+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 2026-08-30T03:49:18.467497+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ellisonleao/clumsy-bird (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:12.347727+00:00, sha 25fb0c9f1de6)
  - homepage: http://ellisonleao.github.io/clumsy-bird/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:22:15.042837+00:00, sha 2af933f5fe13)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.