# SabakiHQ/Sabaki

An elegant Go board and SGF editor for a more civilized age.

Repository: https://github.com/SabakiHQ/Sabaki
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sabaki
Homepage: https://sabaki.yichuanshen.de/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: sgf, weiqi, go, baduk, goban, board-game, igo, javascript, electron, windows, macos, linux
Last push: 2026-08-17T06:03:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 85/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 59, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4148, "days_push": 16, "days_rel": 61, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2761, forks 411 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:18.485053+00:00)

## What it is
Sabaki is a cross-platform Go (Baduk/Weiqi) board and SGF editor built with Electron and web technologies. It supports SGF game editing, board markup, scoring tools, and playing against or analyzing with GTP engines.

## Use cases
- edit and review Go game records in SGF format
- play against a Go engine like GNU Go or KataGo via GTP
- annotate Go games with Markdown comments and board markup
- estimate score and mark dead stones mid-game
- convert wBaduk NGF and Tygem GIB files to SGF
- study joseki dictionaries with a fast game tree viewer
- let two Go engines play against each other

## When to choose
- you need a polished desktop SGF editor for Go on Windows, macOS, or Linux
- you want to play against or get analysis from GTP-compatible engines
- you review games with variations, comments, and board markup
- you need to open non-SGF formats like NGF or GIB

## When to avoid
- you need a web-embedded goban component rather than a standalone app (use Shudan)
- you play other board games than Go and its variants
- you need online play against human opponents on servers like OGS or KGS

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, editor, file-system, simulation
- domain: gaming-tools, desktop-applications, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: go, baduk, weiqi, sgf, goban, board-game, gtp, sgf-editor, game-review, macos, linux, electron, desktop

## Member repositories
- SabakiHQ/Sabaki (main) score 85

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:18.485053+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 2026-08-30T08:18:44.003766+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/SabakiHQ/Sabaki (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:18.485053+00:00, sha 1c430ac88b13)
  - homepage: https://sabaki.yichuanshen.de/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:56:40.434940+00:00, sha 29c5b6a285c0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.