# hunar4321/particle-life

A simple program to simulate artificial life using attraction/reuplsion forces between many particles

Repository: https://github.com/hunar4321/particle-life
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/particle-life
Language: HTML
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: cpp, educational, javascript, simulation, cellular-automata, game-of-life, generative-art, particle-life, particles
Last push: 2024-08-29T15:55:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1484, "days_push": 734, "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 3347, forks 340 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:57.661191+00:00)

## What it is
A simple artificial life simulator that applies attraction and repulsion forces between many particles to produce complex self-organizing, life-like patterns. It is available as a C++ desktop application built on openFrameworks, a JavaScript browser demo, and Python source.

## Use cases
- simulate artificial life with particle attraction and repulsion rules
- explore emergent self-organizing patterns from simple physics rules
- learn how simple rules produce complex life-like behavior
- create generative art from particle simulations
- teach cellular automata and game-of-life-like concepts in a classroom
- experiment with random parameter tuning to discover interesting patterns

## When to choose
- you want a minimal, easy-to-understand artificial life simulation with source under 100 lines
- you need an educational tool to demonstrate emergence and self-organization
- you want to run a simulation instantly in the browser without installing anything
- you are exploring generative art from particle systems

## When to avoid
- you need scientifically accurate molecular dynamics or physics simulation
- you require high-performance GPU-accelerated simulation of millions of particles
- you need a production-ready simulation framework with extensive APIs and plugins

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: simulation, graphics, data-visualization
- domain: artificial-intelligence, simulation, graphics, education
- platform: cross-platform, cpp, python, browser
- tags: particle-life, artificial-life, emergent-behavior, generative-art, openframeworks, educational, game-development, web, desktop

## Member repositories
- hunar4321/particle-life (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:57.661191+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 2026-08-29T18:41:00.032286+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hunar4321/particle-life (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:57.661191+00:00, sha 3fc71e002683)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.