# quil/quil

Main repo. Quil source code.

Repository: https://github.com/quil/quil
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/quil
Language: Clojure
License: EPL-1.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-04-24T23:37:43+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 58/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 79, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5294, "days_push": 131, "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 3051, forks 171 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:39.624618+00:00)

## What it is
Quil is a Clojure/ClojureScript library that wraps the Processing API for creating drawings, animations, and interactive visual sketches. It provides a simple setup/draw sketch model and runs on the JVM and in the browser via JavaScript.

## Use cases
- create generative art with clojure
- draw animated graphics in a clojure sketch
- creative coding with processing api in clojure
- make interactive visualizations in clojurescript
- learn graphics programming with a simple setup and draw loop
- render 2d shapes and bezier curves programmatically

## When to choose
- you want Processing-style drawing and animation from Clojure or ClojureScript
- you need a lightweight creative-coding library with a simple sketch model
- you want code that runs both on the JVM and in the browser

## When to avoid
- you need high-performance 3D game rendering or a full game engine
- you are not working in Clojure or ClojureScript
- you need advanced GPU shader pipelines beyond what Processing offers

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: graphics, animation, ui-components
- domain: graphics, cross-platform, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cross-platform, jvm, browser
- tags: clojure, clojurescript, processing, creative-coding, sketching, visualization, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- quil/quil (main) score 58

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:39.624618+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 2026-08-30T07:28:54.138533+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/quil/quil (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:39.624618+00:00, sha e731b77c9678)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.