# Cockatrice/Cockatrice

A cross-platform virtual tabletop for multiplayer card games

Repository: https://github.com/Cockatrice/Cockatrice
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cockatrice
Homepage: https://cockatrice.github.io
Language: C++
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: card-games, magic-the-gathering, tabletop-gaming, cockatrice, c-plus-plus, transifex, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-26T00:22:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 92/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 78, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5387, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 68, "gap_med": 39.5, "n_releases_24m": 7}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1826, forks 521 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:41.373458+00:00)

## What it is
Cockatrice is an open-source, cross-platform virtual tabletop application for playing multiplayer card games (like Magic: The Gathering) over a network. It includes a client with deck building and offline play, plus a server (Servatrice) designed to prevent cheating.

## Use cases
- play magic the gathering online with friends
- virtual tabletop for card games
- build and test decks offline
- playtest custom card games over the internet
- host a private card game server
- import and manage card databases

## When to choose
- you want a free, open-source way to play tabletop card games online
- you need cross-platform support (Windows, macOS, Linux)
- you want to playtest decks offline or with friends without rules enforcement
- you want to self-host a game server

## When to avoid
- you want a client that enforces game rules automatically
- you need polished commercial features like matchmaking or ranked play
- you want built-in card art and official support from game publishers

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, networking, game
- domain: gaming-tools, cross-platform, desktop-applications
- platform: windows, cpp, cross-platform
- tags: virtual-tabletop, card-games, magic-the-gathering, qt, client-server, deck-building, macos, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- Cockatrice/Cockatrice (main) score 92

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:41.373458+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 2026-08-30T03:19:33.109118+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Cockatrice/Cockatrice (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:41.373458+00:00, sha 67116886d257)
  - homepage: https://cockatrice.github.io (fetched 2026-08-29T10:58:22.759403+00:00, sha a96ad02cbb26)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.