# mbrlabs/Lorien

Infinite canvas drawing/whiteboarding app for Windows, Linux and macOS. Made with Godot.

Repository: https://github.com/mbrlabs/Lorien
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/lorien
Language: GDScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: notebook, drawing-app, godot-engine, vector-graphics, note-taking, whiteboard, infinite-canvas
Last push: 2025-09-22T21:29:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 42/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 43, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1946, "days_push": 345, "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 6771, forks 305 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:48.434415+00:00)

## What it is
Lorien is an open-source infinite canvas drawing and note-taking application built with the Godot game engine. It stores brush strokes as vector point collections rather than bitmaps, resulting in tiny savefiles, and runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS.

## Use cases
- sketch ideas on an infinite whiteboard
- take handwritten notes with a drawing tablet
- brainstorm and diagram with a digital notebook
- draw quick sketches with pressure-sensitive stylus support
- export drawings to SVG
- work on multiple canvas documents at once

## When to choose
- you need a lightweight, fast whiteboard or digital notebook
- you want tiny savefiles and vector-based strokes instead of bitmaps
- you use a drawing tablet with pressure sensitivity
- you need a cross-platform free drawing app

## When to avoid
- you need full-featured bitmap painting like Krita or Photoshop
- you require a stable, polished savefile format guaranteed not to change
- you need advanced art tools such as layers or photo editing

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: graphics, image-processing, gui
- domain: developer-tools, graphics, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: whiteboard, infinite-canvas, note-taking, vector-graphics, godot-engine, drawing-app, digital-notebook, brainstorming, svg-export, pressure-sensitivity, linux, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- mbrlabs/Lorien (main) score 42

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:48.434415+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 2026-08-29T17:42:31.573553+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mbrlabs/Lorien (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:48.434415+00:00, sha 67b7fc6a1032)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.