# marcbouchenoire/sketch-constraints

📏 A plugin that integrates constraints in Sketch to lay out layers.

Repository: https://github.com/marcbouchenoire/sketch-constraints
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sketch-constraints
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: sketch-plugin, constraints, artboards
Archived: true
Last push: 2018-05-21T10:04:51+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4002, "days_push": 3026, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1260, forks 36 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:10.036818+00:00)

## What it is
A Sketch plugin that adds constraint-based layout to Sketch, letting designers pin layers relative to their parent group or artboard and update layouts on resize. Native constraints shipped in Sketch 44, making the plugin largely obsolete.

## Use cases
- add constraints to sketch layers
- auto-resize layers when artboard is resized
- responsive layout in sketch
- pin layers to parent group edges
- update artboard layouts after resizing groups

## When to choose
- using an older Sketch version (pre-44) without native constraints
- wanting constraint updates applied across every artboard of a page

## When to avoid
- using Sketch 44 or later, which has native constraints
- needing constraints relative to sibling layers rather than the parent
- needing an actively maintained plugin

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, developer-tools
- domain: web-design, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: sketch-plugin, constraints, layout, design-tools, artboards, macos

## Member repositories
- marcbouchenoire/sketch-constraints (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:10.036818+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 2026-08-30T05:04:24.065970+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/marcbouchenoire/sketch-constraints (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:10.036818+00:00, sha 0c09a5b2ed90)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.