# Tw1ddle/geometrize

:white_square_button: Geometrize is a desktop app that geometrizes images into geometric primitives

Repository: https://github.com/Tw1ddle/geometrize
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/geometrize
Homepage: https://www.geometrize.co.uk
Language: C++
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: art, geometry-processing, cpp, chaiscript, geometrize
Last push: 2022-08-18T07:35:58+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3524, "days_push": 1476, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2141, forks 143 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:18.445559+00:00)

## What it is
Geometrize is a cross-platform desktop application that recreates images as abstract arrangements of geometric primitives like circles, triangles, and ellipses using a hillclimbing optimization algorithm. It supports exporting results to SVG, PNG, JPG, GIF, and JSON shape data, and allows scripting the core algorithm with ChaiScript.

## Use cases
- turn a photo into geometric shapes
- create abstract vector art from images
- generate placeholder graphics for videogames
- export image shape data as JSON for custom projects
- recreate images as SVG made of triangles and ellipses
- make looping GIF animations of shapes fitting an image

## When to choose
- you want a user-friendly GUI tool to stylize images as geometric primitives
- you need SVG or JSON exports of shape-based image recreations
- you want to script or customize the shape-fitting algorithm

## When to avoid
- you need general-purpose image editing or photo retouching
- you require a library API rather than a desktop app
- you need actively developed software with frequent updates

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: image-processing, graphics, gui
- domain: graphics, image-processing, media
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: geometrize, geometric-primitives, svg-export, chaiscript, hillclimbing-optimization, generative-art, placeholder-graphics, game-development, macos, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- Tw1ddle/geometrize (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:18.445559+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 2026-08-30T02:51:20.973003+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Tw1ddle/geometrize (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:18.445559+00:00, sha 099db3cd6b4e)
  - homepage: https://www.geometrize.co.uk (fetched 2026-08-29T10:31:22.401256+00:00, sha 4ee70f846fc3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.