# jshackles/idle_master

Get your Steam Trading Cards the Easy Way

Repository: https://github.com/jshackles/idle_master
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/idle_master
Language: C#
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-01-03T09:19:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4417, "days_push": 1338, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1572, forks 565 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:05.507870+00:00)

## What it is
Idle Master is a Windows desktop application that automatically idles Steam games to earn remaining Steam Trading Card drops. It simulates being in-game for each game with drops remaining, cycling through them until all cards are collected.

## Use cases
- automatically farm Steam trading card drops
- idle Steam games to collect remaining cards
- find which Steam games still have card drops
- simulate in-game status to earn card drops
- automate Steam badge card collection

## When to choose
- you want a ready-to-run Windows app to farm Steam trading cards
- you prefer a GUI tool over scripts for Steam card idling

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained tool, since this project is discontinued
- you run Linux or macOS and want full features
- you want guaranteed compatibility with future Steam API changes

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: workflow-automation, gui
- domain: gaming-tools, windows
- platform: windows
- tags: steam, trading-cards, idle-farming, steamworks, discontinued, automation, desktop

## Member repositories
- jshackles/idle_master (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:05.507870+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 2026-08-30T03:58:11.357865+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jshackles/idle_master (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:05.507870+00:00, sha 327cdbd2442f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.