# Bill-Haku/kawaii-gcc

GCCコンパイラーを可愛くしましょう！Make your GCC compiler kawaii.

Repository: https://github.com/Bill-Haku/kawaii-gcc
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kawaii-gcc
Language: Makefile
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: cpp, gcc, linux, gnu
Last push: 2026-08-24T23:33:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 72
- inputs: {"age_days": 1019, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 9, "gap_med": 19.0, "n_releases_24m": 7}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1081, forks 38 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:30.803104+00:00)

## What it is
A fun project that replaces GCC compiler diagnostic messages with kawaii (cute) Japanese-style versions by swapping GCC's localization .mo files. It works on Linux and Windows (via Cygwin) and supports Japanese and Chinese locales.

## Use cases
- make gcc compiler output cute messages
- customize gcc error and warning text
- prank or personalize a c/c++ build environment
- learn how gcc localization files work
- make compiler warnings kawaii

## When to choose
- you want a fun, themed compiler experience on Linux or Cygwin
- you want to customize GCC diagnostic messages via locale files
- you're comfortable editing locale environment variables and .mo files

## When to avoid
- you need serious, unambiguous compiler diagnostics for production work
- you don't want to modify system locale files or set LANG to Japanese
- you use compilers other than GCC or non-Linux/non-Cygwin environments

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: compiler, internationalization, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, compilers
- platform: windows, cpp
- tags: gcc, kawaii, localization, compiler-messages, fun, japanese, gettext, linux

## Member repositories
- Bill-Haku/kawaii-gcc (main) score 94

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:30.803104+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 2026-08-30T06:51:18.452254+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Bill-Haku/kawaii-gcc (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:30.803104+00:00, sha d9654b772632)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.