# georgealways/lil-gui

Makes a floating panel for controllers on the web. Works as a drop-in replacement for dat.gui in most projects.

Repository: https://github.com/georgealways/lil-gui
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/lil-gui
Homepage: https://lil-gui.georgealways.com/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: compact, creative-coding, dependency-free, gui
Last push: 2025-10-12T17:36:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 53/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 46, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2591, "days_push": 325, "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 1621, forks 66 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:12.376294+00:00)

## What it is
lil-gui is a lightweight, dependency-free JavaScript library that renders a floating panel of controllers (sliders, checkboxes, color pickers, dropdowns) for tweaking properties of any JavaScript object at runtime. It is a drop-in replacement for dat.GUI built with modern web standards.

## Use cases
- tweak parameters of a three.js scene at runtime
- add a debug control panel to a web demo
- replace dat.gui in an existing project
- expose sliders and color pickers for creative coding sketches
- let users adjust animation or shader parameters live
- build a quick settings panel for a PixiJS filter demo

## When to choose
- you need a compact, zero-dependency runtime control panel for the browser
- you are migrating an existing dat.GUI project with minimal changes
- you are doing creative coding or graphics demos that need live parameter tweaking

## When to avoid
- you need a full-featured form builder or production UI component library
- you need a panel framework for native or mobile apps rather than the web
- you need complex layout or theming beyond a simple floating panel

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: gui, ui-components, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, frontend, graphics, developer-tools
- platform: browser
- tags: dat-gui-replacement, creative-coding, dependency-free, control-panel, tweakpane-alternative, threejs, javascript, nodejs

## Member repositories
- georgealways/lil-gui (main) score 53

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:12.376294+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 2026-08-30T03:49:14.016009+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/georgealways/lil-gui (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:12.376294+00:00, sha d6bbf1f1e583)
  - homepage: https://lil-gui.georgealways.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:22:07.991062+00:00, sha 68f1d7ebfc0b)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/lil-gui (fetched 2026-08-29T11:22:08.000925+00:00, sha c5250286d5a5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.