# DWilliames/paddy-sketch-plugin

Automated padding, spacing and alignment for your Sketch layers

Repository: https://github.com/DWilliames/paddy-sketch-plugin
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/paddy-sketch-plugin
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: sketch, sketch-plugin, cocoascript, sketchapp, design-tools
Last push: 2022-08-19T11:47:51+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3134, "days_push": 1475, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2148, forks 56 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:19.162619+00:00)

## What it is
Paddy is a Sketch plugin that automatically applies padding, spacing, and alignment to Sketch layers based on their content. It works like auto-layout, adjusting artboards and symbols as their contents change.

## Use cases
- automatically pad Sketch layers around their content
- auto-resize artboards and symbols when content changes
- distribute and space layers evenly in Sketch
- auto-align layers in Sketch designs
- build auto-layout-like behavior in Sketch
- manage spacing in Sketch symbols

## When to choose
- you use an older version of Sketch (pre-v53) and want automated padding and spacing
- you want open-source, MIT-licensed Sketch automation you can fork

## When to avoid
- you use Sketch v53 or newer, since the project is no longer maintained
- you want actively supported auto-layout features; use Sketch's native functionality or Anima instead

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, developer-tools
- domain: web-design, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: sketch-plugin, design-tools, auto-layout, padding, spacing, alignment, cocoascript, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- DWilliames/paddy-sketch-plugin (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:19.162619+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 2026-08-30T02:51:00.396960+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/DWilliames/paddy-sketch-plugin (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:19.162619+00:00, sha 01b16b5153f5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.