# sikuli/sikuli

Sikuli's official repository on github. Ask questions or report bugs at http://launchpad.net/sikuli.

Repository: https://github.com/sikuli/sikuli
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sikuli
Language: HTML
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2019-10-27T08:34:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5466, "days_push": 2502, "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 1727, forks 286 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:28.249631+00:00)

## What it is
Sikuli is a visual GUI automation tool that uses screenshot matching to find and interact with on-screen elements, originally developed as an MIT CSAIL research project. This repository hosts the legacy Sikuli X-1.0rc3 release, which is no longer supported and has been superseded by RaiMan/SikuliX1.

## Use cases
- automate desktop apps that have no scripting API
- click buttons by matching screenshots
- write GUI tests for legacy applications
- automate repetitive tasks across any windowed app
- script interactions with apps that resist UI automation

## When to choose
- you specifically need the historical Sikuli X-1.0rc3 codebase
- you are studying the original research project

## When to avoid
- you want a maintained Sikuli version - use RaiMan/SikuliX1 instead
- you need bug fixes or support - this repo is abandoned
- you are starting a new GUI automation project

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: gui, workflow-automation, testing, computer-vision, e2e-testing
- domain: testing, developer-tools, computer-vision
- platform: cross-platform, jvm
- tags: sikuli, screenshot-automation, visual-automation, deprecated, superseded-by-sikulix1, automation, desktop

## Member repositories
- sikuli/sikuli (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:28.249631+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 2026-08-30T03:32:29.487263+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sikuli/sikuli (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:28.249631+00:00, sha b073adfd9fef)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.