# SimHacker/micropolis

Automatically exported from code.google.com/p/micropolis

Repository: https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/micropolis
Language: C
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-02-10T20:58:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 62/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 66, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4189, "days_push": 204, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1095, forks 194 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:34.201928+00:00)

## What it is
The open-source GPL release of Micropolis, based on the original SimCity Classic city-building simulation game by Will Wright and Maxis. This historical repo preserves the C source with X11/TCL/Tk and other legacy UIs; active development has moved to the MicropolisCore C++ rewrite.

## Use cases
- play an open-source SimCity Classic clone
- study the source code of the original SimCity simulation
- retrocompute and renovate the old TCL/Tk or PyGTK versions
- build a city-building simulation game
- port a classic simulation engine to WASM or new UIs

## When to choose
- you want the original historical C codebase with X11/TCL/Tk UIs
- you're interested in retrocomputing or renovating legacy versions
- you want to study how the classic SimCity simulator worked

## When to avoid
- you want to develop something new - use the MicropolisCore repo instead
- you need a modern, UI-independent simulation engine
- you need a maintained codebase with an active license file

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: game-engine, simulation, gui
- domain: simulation, gaming-tools, cross-platform
- platform: cross-platform, cpp, c, wasm
- tags: city-simulation, simcity, retrocomputing, open-source-game, x11, tcl-tk, game-development, linux

## Member repositories
- SimHacker/micropolis (main) score 62

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:34.201928+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 2026-08-30T06:47:14.064291+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/SimHacker/micropolis (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:34.201928+00:00, sha 629a967b0ef6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.