# dataarts/dat.gui

Lightweight controller library for JavaScript.

Repository: https://github.com/dataarts/dat.gui
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/datgui
Language: JavaScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-06-21T09:18:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 62/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 88, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5701, "days_push": 73, "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 7725, forks 1056 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:02.610030+00:00)

## What it is
dat.GUI is a lightweight JavaScript library that auto-generates a graphical control panel (sliders, color pickers, dropdowns) for tweaking variables in web pages. It is commonly used for interactive demos and visualizations, especially alongside Three.js.

## Use cases
- add a control panel to tweak 3D scene parameters in Three.js
- create sliders and color pickers for live variable editing in the browser
- build an interactive demo with adjustable settings
- debug and experiment with animation parameters in real time
- expose configuration options of a creative coding sketch via a GUI

## When to choose
- you need a quick, zero-config control panel for tweaking variables in a browser demo
- you are building Three.js or WebGL visualizations and want interactive parameter controls
- you want a tiny dependency with a well-known, simple API

## When to avoid
- you need a full production UI framework or accessible form components
- you are building mobile-first user-facing interfaces rather than developer/debug tooling
- you need a modern, themeable component library with active feature development

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, gui, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools, graphics
- platform: browser
- tags: debug-ui, parameter-tuning, threejs, creative-coding, sliders, javascript, nodejs

## Member repositories
- dataarts/dat.gui (main) score 62

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:02.610030+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 2026-08-29T17:35:14.799993+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dataarts/dat.gui (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:02.610030+00:00, sha d83867208c0f)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/dat.gui (fetched 2026-08-29T08:31:37.435806+00:00, sha 850a428f54d1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.