# dmvaldman/samsara

Continuous UI

Repository: https://github.com/dmvaldman/samsara
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/samsara
Homepage: http://samsaraJS.org
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: css3, layout, html5, ui, reactive
Last push: 2020-05-27T05:36:02+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4293, "days_push": 2289, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1044, forks 65 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:21.247772+00:00)

## What it is
SamsaraJS is a JavaScript library for building continuously animating user interfaces using a stream-based reactive architecture. It coordinates hardware-accelerated CSS3 3D transforms, physics-based transitions, and gesture input across many DOM elements.

## Use cases
- animate a nav bar opacity in sync with a swipe gesture
- build physics-based UI interactions with springs and inertia
- create 3D transforms and parallax scrolling effects
- coordinate animations of hundreds of DOM elements at 60fps
- build responsive layouts where size is a reactive stream
- implement multitouch pinch, rotate, and drag gestures in the browser

## When to choose
- you need tightly coordinated, gesture-driven animations across many DOM elements
- you want hardware-accelerated 3D transforms without a heavy framework
- you prefer a stream-based reactive model for animation pipelines
- you want to pair an animation layer with another framework for routing and data

## When to avoid
- you need routing, templating, data-binding, or server syncing - Samsara deliberately omits these
- you need an actively maintained library - development is paused and the last release was 2020
- you want a full application framework rather than a presentation/animation layer
- you are targeting non-DOM renderers like canvas or WebGL

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: animation, ui-components, frontend-framework, state-management
- domain: frontend, web-development, graphics
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: reactive-streams, css3-transforms, gesture-input, physics-animations, layout-engine, 60fps, javascript

## Member repositories
- dmvaldman/samsara (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:21.247772+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 2026-08-30T07:02:13.083421+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dmvaldman/samsara (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:21.247772+00:00, sha 9ea43c628474)
  - homepage: http://samsaraJS.org (fetched 2026-08-29T13:03:15.571063+00:00, sha df8ebfbf0ee8)
  - site_page: http://samsarajs.org/docs/index.html (fetched 2026-08-29T13:03:15.573722+00:00, sha 9bc4e82c99af)
  - site_page: http://samsarajs.org (fetched 2026-08-29T13:03:15.575413+00:00, sha df8ebfbf0ee8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.