# overmighty/i-use-arch-btw

"I use Arch btw" but it's a Turing-complete programming language.

Repository: https://github.com/overmighty/i-use-arch-btw
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/i-use-arch-btw
Language: C
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: esoteric-language, esoteric-programming-language, brainfuck, archlinux, arch-linux, c, cpp, interpreter, jit
Last push: 2024-07-12T08:28:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2597, "days_push": 782, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1042, forks 27 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:20.844864+00:00)

## What it is
An esoteric, Turing-complete programming language based on Brainfuck where commands are the keywords 'i', 'use', 'arch', 'linux', 'btw', etc. The repository provides a C/C++ library implementing the language plus a command-line interpreter with JIT compilation.

## Use cases
- run programs written in the 'I use Arch btw' esoteric language
- embed a Brainfuck-like interpreter in a C or C++ application
- experiment with JIT-compiled esoteric languages
- write joke programs that print 'I use Arch btw'
- learn how interpreters and JIT compilation work

## When to choose
- you want a fun Brainfuck variant with meme keywords
- you need a small embeddable esoteric language interpreter in C/C++
- you want to study interpreter and JIT implementation techniques

## When to avoid
- you need a practical language for real software development
- you need portability beyond x86-64 POSIX platforms
- you want a beginner-friendly first programming language

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: interpreter, programming-language, cli
- domain: programming-languages, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cpp, c
- tags: esoteric-language, brainfuck, arch-linux, jit, meme-language, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- overmighty/i-use-arch-btw (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:20.844864+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 2026-08-30T08:23:11.435049+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/overmighty/i-use-arch-btw (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:20.844864+00:00, sha a031bd3cb7f9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.