# seenaburns/dex-ui

A science fiction desktop running on Linux. Awesome.

Repository: https://github.com/seenaburns/dex-ui
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dex-ui
Language: C++
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-04-30T16:14:29+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": 4243, "days_push": 855, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2555, forks 140 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:00.650097+00:00)

## What it is
Dex UI is a handcrafted science-fiction-style desktop interface built with openFrameworks that runs fullscreen beneath a functioning terminal, creating the illusion of a sci-fi computer. It was designed as an experiment/art piece for Linux using X11 and BSPWM, and is no longer in active development.

## Use cases
- make my linux desktop look like a sci-fi movie interface
- run a futuristic fullscreen ui under a terminal
- customize a bspwm desktop with animated overlays
- build an openframeworks fullscreen desktop animation
- create a movie-style computer interface on linux

## When to choose
- you want a visually striking sci-fi desktop aesthetic on Linux and are comfortable hacking openFrameworks and BSPWM yourself
- you need reference code for layered fullscreen X11 windows with animations

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained, distributable desktop environment or easy installation
- you use Wayland or a non-Linux platform
- you expect support, documentation, or included assets like fonts

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: gui, graphics, animation, terminal-ui
- domain: desktop-applications, graphics, developer-tools
- platform: cpp
- tags: sci-fi-interface, openframeworks, art-project, bspm, desktop-environment, x11, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- seenaburns/dex-ui (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:00.650097+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 2026-08-30T02:23:44.293967+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/seenaburns/dex-ui (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:00.650097+00:00, sha 01fac50ca8aa)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.