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protegeproject/protege

Protege Desktop observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/protegeproject/protege · homepage · Java · NOASSERTION (other) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

71/100

  • Activity 75
  • Release rhythm 50
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 130.5
  • age_days: 4762
  • days_rel: 179
  • days_push: 150
  • n_releases_24m: 5

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1473 stars · 304 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Protege Desktop is a free, open-source ontology editor supporting the OWL 2.0 standard, built in Java with a pluggable architecture. It is used to create, edit, and reason over ontologies and knowledge graphs.

Use cases

  • edit OWL ontologies
  • build a knowledge graph schema
  • run reasoning over an ontology
  • convert between RDF and OWL formats
  • develop OBO ontologies for biomedical use
  • teach ontology engineering

When to choose

  • you need a mature GUI for authoring OWL 2 ontologies
  • you want plugin extensibility and reasoner integration
  • you work with RDF, OBO, or knowledge graphs

When to avoid

  • you need a lightweight command-line ontology tool
  • you want a web-based collaborative editor (consider WebProtégé)
  • you need non-semantic data modeling

Facets

application · maturity active

editor gui plugin-system developer-tools cross-platform jvm ontology-editor owl rdf knowledge-graph reasoner semantic-web knowledge-management desktop

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
protegeproject/protegemain71

For agents

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