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NetLogo/NetLogo

turtles, patches, and links for kids, teachers, and scientists observed · 2026-09-01

github.com/NetLogo/NetLogo · homepage · Scala · GPL-2.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-09-01

Health v2 · maintenance only

89/100

  • Activity 100
  • Release rhythm 69
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 44.5
  • age_days: 5434
  • days_rel: 124
  • days_push: 2
  • n_releases_24m: 5

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1179 stars · 271 forks observed · 2026-09-01

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

NetLogo is a widely used agent-based modeling environment written in Scala, letting users program turtles, patches, and links to simulate complex systems. It serves both classrooms (elementary through university) and scientific research, with a desktop app, web version, and a models library.

Use cases

  • build agent-based models of epidemics or traffic
  • teach computational modeling to students
  • simulate predator-prey ecosystems
  • explore emergent behavior in complex systems
  • run reproducible simulation experiments for research
  • create interactive models for the classroom with HubNet

When to choose

  • you need a low-threshold, high-ceiling agent-based modeling tool
  • you want a mature platform with a large models library and community
  • you need both educational ease and research-grade capabilities
  • you want cross-platform desktop and web modeling

When to avoid

  • you need high-performance large-scale simulations beyond NetLogo's JVM limits
  • you want general-purpose programming rather than modeling
  • you need a lightweight library to embed in another app
  • you require permissive licensing (GPL-2.0)

Facets

application · maturity active

simulation programming-language gui interpreter simulation education cross-platform cross-platform jvm browser agent-based-modeling logo complex-systems modeling scala algorithms desktop

4 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
NetLogo/NetLogomain89

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