# romeovs/creep

a pretty sweet 4px wide pixel font.

Repository: https://github.com/romeovs/creep
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/creep
Language: Vim Script
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: font, pixel-font, haskell-syntax, box-drawing, fontforge, sparkline, drawille
Last push: 2021-07-12T15:32:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4571, "days_push": 1878, "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 1903, forks 27 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:51.760616+00:00)

## What it is
Creep is a compact 4px-wide bitmap pixel font designed for small screens, distributed as a BDF font. It includes box-drawing characters, powerline symbols, sparkline glyphs, braille patterns, and optional Haskell syntax sugar ligature-style characters.

## Use cases
- a tiny readable font for an 11-inch laptop screen
- font with box-drawing characters for tmux splits and ncurses apps
- terminal font with powerline symbols for vim statusline
- font supporting sparkline and braille/drawille characters
- pixel font that makes Haskell code look nicer

## When to choose
- you want an extremely compact bitmap font for small or low-DPI screens
- you need powerline, box-drawing, sparkline, or braille glyph support in a terminal font

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained font - the repo is no longer actively maintained
- you need scalable vector fonts or many export formats beyond BDF
- you want a modern pixel font with broader feature coverage - consider creep2, Cozette, or Spleen

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, developer-tools, terminal-ui
- domain: developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: pixel-font, bitmap-font, bdf, fontforge, box-drawing, powerline, sparklines, braille, drawille, haskell-syntax, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- romeovs/creep (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:51.760616+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 2026-08-30T03:11:53.649708+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/romeovs/creep (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:51.760616+00:00, sha 7dee737d1b59)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.