# HackerPoet/PySpace

GLSL Fractal Ray Marcher in Python

Repository: https://github.com/HackerPoet/PySpace
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pyspace
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2021-03-14T19:14:48+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": 3028, "days_push": 1998, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1184, forks 149 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:54.752931+00:00)

## What it is
PySpace is a Python tool for rendering GLSL fractal ray-marched scenes. It lets users write shader-based fractal animations and render them to images or videos.

## Use cases
- render fractal animations with GLSL shaders
- ray march signed distance fields in Python
- create 360-degree/ODS fractal videos
- experiment with shader-based creative coding
- generate fractal art videos

## When to choose
- you want to render GLSL fractal scenes from Python
- you need programmable ray marching with shader customization
- you want to produce high-quality fractal animations or 360 videos

## When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose 3D engine or game engine
- you want real-time interactive fractal exploration with a GUI
- you need a maintained project with recent updates

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: graphics, simulation, image-processing
- domain: graphics, computer-vision, developer-tools
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: glsl, ray-marching, fractals, shaders, creative-coding

## Member repositories
- HackerPoet/PySpace (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:54.752931+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 2026-08-30T06:24:13.701984+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/HackerPoet/PySpace (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:54.752931+00:00, sha 117ec220904e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.