# HackerPoet/FractalSoundExplorer

Explore fractals in an audio-visual sandbox

Repository: https://github.com/HackerPoet/FractalSoundExplorer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/fractalsoundexplorer
Language: C++
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2021-12-03T20:04:46+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": 2013, "days_push": 1734, "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 1251, forks 148 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:08.243018+00:00)

## What it is
An interactive audio-visual sandbox application for exploring fractals in real time on the GPU. Users can click on fractals like the Mandelbrot set, Burning Ship, and various chaotic maps to hear the orbits rendered as sound.

## Use cases
- explore fractals interactively with sound
- hear orbits of the mandelbrot set
- visualize chaotic maps like the henon map
- create julia sets with the mouse
- learn about fractals and chaos theory
- take high-quality fractal screenshots

## When to choose
- you want an interactive, real-time fractal explorer with audio feedback
- you want to visualize and sonify chaotic dynamical systems
- you want a free, open-source educational tool for fractals

## When to avoid
- you need programmatic fractal generation or a library API
- you need fractal rendering without GPU support
- you need a web-based or mobile fractal explorer

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: graphics, audio-processing, simulation, gpu-computing
- domain: graphics, simulation, entertainment, education
- platform: windows, cpp
- tags: fractals, audio-visual, mandelbrot, julia-sets, sandbox, real-time-rendering, chaos-maps, desktop, gpu

## Member repositories
- HackerPoet/FractalSoundExplorer (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:08.243018+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 2026-08-30T05:07:36.689609+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/HackerPoet/FractalSoundExplorer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:08.243018+00:00, sha 514e6ee10055)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.