# reinderien/mimic

[ab]using Unicode to create tragedy

Repository: https://github.com/reinderien/mimic
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mimic
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-09-17T00:45:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3973, "days_push": 1082, "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 3750, forks 103 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:17.666850+00:00)

## What it is
A Python CLI tool that substitutes common ASCII characters in text or source code with visually identical Unicode homoglyphs. It is a novelty/prank tool designed to create confusing, hard-to-debug syntax errors.

## Use cases
- replace ASCII characters in a friend's source code with homoglyphs as a prank
- demonstrate how Unicode homoglyphs can break compilers and syntax highlighting
- test whether a linter or editor can detect invisible homoglyph substitutions
- generate examples of homoglyph attacks for security discussions

## When to choose
- you want a fun novelty tool to prank coworkers or demo homoglyph attacks
- you need a quick way to inject Unicode lookalike characters into text files

## When to avoid
- you need a serious security tool for detecting or sanitizing homoglyph attacks
- you require production-grade text processing or encoding conversion

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cli, developer-tools, parser
- domain: developer-tools, programming-languages
- platform: python, cli, cross-platform
- tags: unicode, homoglyph, prank, text-substitution, novelty, command-line

## Member repositories
- reinderien/mimic (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:17.666850+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 2026-08-29T18:29:00.787249+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/reinderien/mimic (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:17.666850+00:00, sha e68b11026e25)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.