# clementmihailescu/Pathfinding-Visualizer

A visualization tool for various pathfinding algorithms.

Repository: https://github.com/clementmihailescu/Pathfinding-Visualizer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pathfinding-visualizer
Language: CSS
License Family: other
Last push: 2023-09-23T15:06:37+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3579, "days_push": 1075, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1746, forks 500 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:30.762366+00:00)

## What it is
A web application that visually demonstrates pathfinding algorithms like Dijkstra's, A*, BFS, and DFS on an interactive grid, plus maze generation. It lets users draw walls and weights and watch how each algorithm explores the grid to find a path.

## Use cases
- visualize how Dijkstra's algorithm explores a grid
- compare A* vs BFS pathfinding behavior
- learn pathfinding algorithms interactively
- generate mazes and see algorithms solve them
- teach graph search algorithms to students
- see why greedy best-first search fails to find shortest paths

## When to choose
- you want an interactive, visual way to learn or teach pathfinding algorithms
- you need a browser-based demo of classic graph search algorithms
- you are a student studying algorithms and want intuition for heuristics

## When to avoid
- you need a production pathfinding library to embed in your own software
- you need guaranteed correctness or an actively maintained project with a license
- you need weighted real-world routing rather than grid-based demos

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: data-visualization, gui
- domain: education, web-development
- platform: browser
- tags: pathfinding, algorithms, visualizer, maze-generation, react, dijkstra, a-star, education, web

## Member repositories
- clementmihailescu/Pathfinding-Visualizer (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:30.762366+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 2026-08-30T03:29:11.728141+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/clementmihailescu/Pathfinding-Visualizer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:30.762366+00:00, sha 0f79ea3e1125)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.