# emoon/minifb

MiniFB is a small cross platform library to create a frame buffer that you can draw pixels in

Repository: https://github.com/emoon/minifb
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/minifb
Language: C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-26T18:27:48+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4471, "days_push": 7, "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 1348, forks 106 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:27.793056+00:00)

## What it is
MiniFB is a small cross-platform C library for creating a window and drawing raw 32-bit pixels into a framebuffer. It handles window creation, input events, and buffer presentation across Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, and WebAssembly.

## Use cases
- render pixels to a window in C
- create a framebuffer for software rendering
- prototype graphics or demoscene effects
- draw raw pixel buffers cross-platform
- build simple 2D games or emulators with direct pixel output
- display generated images in a native window

## When to choose
- you need minimal dependencies and a tiny API for pixel-level rendering
- you want cross-platform window + framebuffer support from a single small library
- you are writing software renderers, emulators, or demos that write raw pixels

## When to avoid
- you need GPU-accelerated 3D rendering or a full graphics engine
- you need rich UI widgets, text rendering, or high-level drawing primitives
- you require automatic pixel format conversion on non-32-bit displays

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: graphics, gui
- domain: graphics, cross-platform, developer-tools
- platform: windows, wasm, cross-platform, cpp, c
- tags: framebuffer, pixel-rendering, software-rendering, windowing, c-library, software-rasterizer, game-development, macos, linux, ios, android

## Member repositories
- emoon/minifb (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:27.793056+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 2026-08-30T04:42:25.282834+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/emoon/minifb (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:27.793056+00:00, sha 84c3c31314f5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.