samuelmtimbo/unit
Next Generation Visual Programming System observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
76/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 1911
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 15
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
4919 stars · 172 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Unit is a general-purpose visual programming language and web-based environment where programs are graphs of MIMO finite state machines, inspired by dataflow, reactive, functional, and live programming paradigms. It can be self-hosted via npm, used as a JavaScript library, and aims to become a sandboxed web operating system for software sharing and collaboration.
Use cases
- build programs visually with a node graph editor
- experiment with dataflow and reactive programming
- pipe units together like a 2D Unix shell
- compose and share live programs in the browser
- embed a visual programming engine in a JavaScript project
- learn programming through direct manipulation of live objects
When to choose
- you want a visual, graph-based alternative to text-based coding
- you need live, reactive dataflow composition on the web
- you want to explore Unix-philosophy-style composition in 2D
- you need an embeddable visual programming runtime for JS/Node
When to avoid
- you need a mature production language with a large ecosystem
- your project requires traditional text-based tooling and debugging
- you need guaranteed long-term stability (the project is in beta)
- you work in environments without browser or Node.js support
Facets
application · maturity active
programming-language interpreter gui web-framework programming-languages web-development developer-tools browser cross-platform visual-programming dataflow-programming live-programming reactive-programming functional-programming graph-based-programming web-ide automation web-server nodejs typescript
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/samuelmtimbo/unit · fetched 2026-08-28 · 610cdf826df6
- homepage: https://unit.software · fetched 2026-08-29 · d737c061aff0
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| samuelmtimbo/unit | main | 76 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="samuelmtimbo/unit")
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