# cocos2d/CocosBuilder

CocosBuilder, the visual editor for cocos2d

Repository: https://github.com/cocos2d/CocosBuilder
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cocosbuilder
Language: Objective-C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2017-01-25T08:48:56+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5284, "days_push": 3507, "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 1011, forks 578 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:13.251576+00:00)

## What it is
CocosBuilder is a free visual editor for rapidly building games and apps on the cocos2d game engine, using JavaScript bindings so content runs on iOS, Android, and HTML5. It includes a companion app, CocosPlayer, for running projects directly on devices over a wireless network.

## Use cases
- visually design game scenes and animations for cocos2d
- build cross-platform games targeting iOS, Android, and HTML5 from one editor
- preview cocos2d apps on a device without recompiling
- edit interfaces and timelines for cocos2d-iphone or cocos2d-x projects

## When to choose
- you maintain a legacy cocos2d project that already uses CCB files
- you want a free MIT-licensed visual editor for old cocos2d versions

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new game project - the project is abandoned and cocos2d is deprecated
- you need modern engine support - use Cocos Creator or another actively maintained editor instead

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: gui, animation, game-engine, ui-components
- domain: graphics, cross-platform
- platform: cpp
- tags: cocos2d, visual-editor, level-editor, objective-c, javascript-bindings, cocosplayer, discontinued, game-development, macos, ios, android

## Member repositories
- cocos2d/CocosBuilder (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:13.251576+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 2026-08-30T07:11:49.758743+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cocos2d/CocosBuilder (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:13.251576+00:00, sha 070e29165a9d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.