# epidemian/snake

A silly snake game on the browser URL

Repository: https://github.com/epidemian/snake
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/epidemian-snake
Homepage: http://demian.ferrei.ro/snake
Language: JavaScript
License: Unlicense
License Family: permissive
Topics: snake-game, game, web-app, url, address-bar
Last push: 2025-09-30T04:31:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 52/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 44, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3863, "days_push": 337, "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 1393, forks 111 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:36.149889+00:00)

## What it is
A novelty browser-based Snake game rendered directly in the browser's URL address bar using Braille characters. It is a small JavaScript web app playable at a hosted page.

## Use cases
- play snake in the browser url
- novelty browser game to show friends
- demo of rendering graphics in the address bar
- small javascript game example
- waste a few minutes with a silly game

## When to choose
- you want a fun, tiny browser game with no install
- you want a quirky demo of URL/address-bar tricks

## When to avoid
- you need a full-featured snake game with levels and settings
- your browser truncates or escapes the URL, making it unplayable

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: game, graphics
- domain: gaming-tools, web-development, entertainment
- platform: browser
- tags: snake-game, novelty, address-bar, javascript, browser-game, web-server

## Member repositories
- epidemian/snake (main) score 52

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:36.149889+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 2026-08-30T04:39:29.191338+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/epidemian/snake (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:36.149889+00:00, sha a91e8d35daa8)
  - homepage: http://demian.ferrei.ro/snake (fetched 2026-08-29T11:54:37.054392+00:00, sha 61e3040aa50d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.