# c-smile/sciter-sdk

Sciter is an embeddable HTML/CSS/scripting engine

Repository: https://github.com/c-smile/sciter-sdk
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sciter-sdk
Homepage: http://sciter.com
Language: C++
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: embeddable, html, html5, html-css, ui, engine, sciter-sdk, acrylic, metro, material-ui
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-07-03T15:44:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3942, "days_push": 1157, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2178, forks 227 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:22.996310+00:00)

## What it is
Sciter is an embeddable HTML/CSS/scripting engine for building native desktop application UIs on Windows, macOS, and Linux, integrated from C/C++ code. This SDK is the legacy TIScript-based branch, now discontinued in favor of Sciter.JS.

## Use cases
- build a desktop app UI with HTML and CSS
- embed a lightweight HTML rendering engine in a C++ application
- create cross-platform native GUIs without Electron
- call native C++ functions from UI scripts
- package HTML/CSS/script resources into a binary

## When to choose
- you want compact, Electron-free desktop UIs with HTML/CSS
- you are maintaining an existing TIScript-based Sciter application

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new project - use Sciter.JS instead
- you need a fully open-source permissive license
- you need a full web browser engine

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: gui, templating, interpreter
- domain: desktop-applications, web-development, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cpp, cross-platform
- tags: embeddable-html-engine, tiscript, desktop-ui, html-css-rendering, native-integration, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- c-smile/sciter-sdk (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:22.996310+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 2026-08-30T02:48:48.354153+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/c-smile/sciter-sdk (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:22.996310+00:00, sha 34bd7d50f686)
  - homepage: http://sciter.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:28:41.943863+00:00, sha 44136fa355b3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.