# faiface/pixel

A hand-crafted 2D game library in Go

Repository: https://github.com/faiface/pixel
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pixel
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: go, gamedev-library, graphics, window, gamedev, library, game-engine, golang
Last push: 2024-05-23T19:26:29+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": 3574, "days_push": 832, "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 4526, forks 241 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:52.884027+00:00)

## What it is
Pixel is a hand-crafted 2D game library for Go providing windowing, sprite drawing, batching, shape rendering, text, input handling, and custom fragment shaders. The repository is archived and no longer under active development; development has migrated to the gopxl/pixel fork (Pixel2).

## Use cases
- build a 2D game in Go
- draw sprites and shapes with a Go game library
- make a 2D platformer in Go
- render 2D graphics with custom shaders in Go
- handle keyboard and mouse input for a Go game
- learn 2D game programming in Go

## When to choose
- you need a simple, well-documented 2D game library in Go
- you are maintaining an existing project already built on Pixel
- you want a lightweight alternative to full game engines for 2D Go projects

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new project - use the actively maintained gopxl/pixel (Pixel2) fork instead
- you need 3D rendering or a full engine with editor and asset pipeline
- you need long-term support, bug fixes, or community patches

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: graphics, game-engine
- domain: graphics, cross-platform
- platform: cross-platform, go
- tags: 2d-games, gamedev, sprites, opengl, archived, game-development, desktop

## Member repositories
- faiface/pixel (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:52.884027+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 2026-08-29T18:20:15.136564+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/faiface/pixel (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:52.884027+00:00, sha d894047cbf67)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.