# farbrausch/fr_public

Farbrausch demo tools 2001-2011

Repository: https://github.com/farbrausch/fr_public
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/fr_public
Language: C++
License Family: other
Topics: demoscene, direct3d
Last push: 2019-07-28T21:02:28+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": 5257, "days_push": 2593, "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 3772, forks 386 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:18.144357+00:00)

## What it is
An archive of Farbrausch's demoscene tools from 2001-2011, including the Werkkzeug visual content-creation tools, the V2 synthesizer, kkrunchy executable compressor, and the Altona framework libraries. The code is released as-is (BSD or public domain) and builds with Visual Studio 2010.

## Use cases
- study how classic 64k intros and kkrieger were made
- compress executables for size-constrained demos
- learn procedural texture and mesh generation techniques
- explore a real-time synthesizer system written in C++
- research demoscene tooling history
- build demos with the Altona framework

## When to choose
- you want to study or preserve demoscene history
- you need kkrunchy for tiny executable packing
- you're interested in procedural content generation and demo tooling internals

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained, production-ready framework
- you require cross-platform or modern compiler support
- you want clean, documented code for a new project

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: graphics, gui, audio-processing, image-processing, compression, developer-tools
- domain: graphics, developer-tools, simulation
- platform: windows, cpp
- tags: demoscene, demo-tools, procedural-content, executable-compression, synthesizer, visual-tooling, historical-archive, game-development, desktop

## Member repositories
- farbrausch/fr_public (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:18.144357+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 2026-08-29T18:27:52.529633+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/farbrausch/fr_public (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:18.144357+00:00, sha b1882123302e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.