# TheCherno/Hazel

Hazel Engine

Repository: https://github.com/TheCherno/Hazel
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hazel
Language: C++
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-04-20T19:01:27+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": 2874, "days_push": 865, "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 13089, forks 1566 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:02.069436+00:00)

## What it is
Hazel is an early-stage interactive application and 2D/3D rendering engine written in C++, primarily targeting Windows. It is developed openly as an educational project, with nearly all code written on-camera in The Cherno's YouTube game engine series.

## Use cases
- learning how a game engine is built from scratch
- studying game engine architecture and design in C++
- building simple 2D games and interactive applications on Windows
- exploring rendering engine internals like Vulkan-based rendering
- following along with a video tutorial series on engine development

## When to choose
- you want to learn game engine design alongside video tutorials
- you need a small, readable C++ engine codebase to study or experiment with
- you are developing on Windows with Visual Studio and the Vulkan SDK

## When to avoid
- you need a production-ready, feature-complete game engine
- you require cross-platform support for Mac, Linux, Android, or iOS today
- you want stability, long-term support, or a large community ecosystem

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: experimental
- function: game-engine, graphics
- domain: graphics, education
- platform: windows, cpp
- tags: game-engine, rendering-engine, educational, youtube-series, vulkan, early-stage, game-development

## Member repositories
- TheCherno/Hazel (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:02.069436+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 2026-08-29T17:13:32.323348+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/TheCherno/Hazel (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:02.069436+00:00, sha 7e3fdd0fb0c1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.