# samuelmtimbo/unit

Next Generation Visual Programming System

Repository: https://github.com/samuelmtimbo/unit
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/samuelmtimbo-unit
Homepage: https://unit.software
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: unit, programming, programming-language, dataflow-programming, functional-programming, visual-programming, reactive-programming, live-programming
Last push: 2026-08-18T12:05:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1911, "days_push": 15, "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 4919, forks 172 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:02.431339+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: programming-language, interpreter, gui, web-framework
- domain: programming-languages, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: visual-programming, dataflow-programming, live-programming, reactive-programming, functional-programming, graph-based-programming, web-ide, automation, web-server, nodejs, typescript

## Member repositories
- samuelmtimbo/unit (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:02.431339+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 2026-08-29T18:18:02.329511+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/samuelmtimbo/unit (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:02.431339+00:00, sha 610cdf826df6)
  - homepage: https://unit.software (fetched 2026-08-29T09:00:17.443287+00:00, sha d737c061aff0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.