# openframeworks/openFrameworks

openFrameworks is a community-developed cross platform toolkit for creative coding in C++.

Repository: https://github.com/openframeworks/openFrameworks
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/openframeworks
Homepage: http://openframeworks.cc
Language: C++
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: openframeworks, osx, windows, linux, raspberry-pi, android, ios, creative-coding, video, audio, opengl, graphics, computer-vision, opencv, emscripten
Last push: 2026-08-15T11:36:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 87/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 67, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6160, "days_push": 18, "days_rel": 7, "gap_med": 248.0, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 10419, forks 2572 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:41.949732+00:00)

## What it is
openFrameworks is an open-source C++ toolkit for creative coding that wraps common libraries like OpenGL, OpenCV, and audio/video libraries behind a simple, intuitive API. It is cross-platform, supporting Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, and Emscripten/WebAssembly.

## Use cases
- build interactive installations and generative art with C++
- prototype real-time graphics and OpenGL experiments
- process video and audio in creative applications
- do computer vision projects with OpenCV in C++
- create cross-platform multimedia apps for desktop and mobile
- compile creative coding sketches to the browser with Emscripten

## When to choose
- you want a batteries-included C++ toolkit for graphics, audio, video, and vision
- you need one codebase running across Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, and web
- you prefer a minimal, beginner-friendly API over raw OpenGL/OpenCV
- you want a large community, addons ecosystem, and extensive examples

## When to avoid
- you need a permissively-audited license for strict compliance (license file is non-standard)
- you are building production game engines or apps needing long-term commercial support
- you prefer higher-level environments like Processing or p5.js
- you need a lightweight dependency-free library rather than a full framework

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: stable
- function: graphics, audio-processing, video-processing, computer-vision, image-processing, game-engine
- domain: graphics, computer-vision
- platform: windows, cpp, wasm, cross-platform
- tags: creative-coding, opengl, opencv, multimedia, installation-art, generative-art, emscripten, raspberry-pi, game-development, audio, video, macos, linux, ios, android

## Member repositories
- openframeworks/openFrameworks (main) score 87

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:41.949732+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 2026-08-29T17:19:02.782576+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/openframeworks/openFrameworks (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:41.949732+00:00, sha f9ea7f2d35a4)
  - homepage: http://openframeworks.cc (fetched 2026-08-29T08:18:16.538703+00:00, sha ff0d1f1efebe)
  - site_page: https://openframeworks.cc/about (fetched 2026-08-29T08:18:16.548024+00:00, sha 89b5fc9e5ced)
  - site_page: https://openframeworks.cc/documentation (fetched 2026-08-29T08:18:16.550538+00:00, sha d5e9a359ea3a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.