# mob-sakai/SoftMaskForUGUI

Enhance Unity UI (uGUI) with advanced soft-masking features to create more visually appealing effects!

Repository: https://github.com/mob-sakai/SoftMaskForUGUI
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/softmaskforugui
Homepage: https://github.com/mob-sakai/SoftMaskForUGUI
Language: ShaderLab
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: unity, ugui, mask, smoothing, components, uguicomponent, ui, unity3d, unity-plugin
Last push: 2026-08-07T11:49:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 97/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 96, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2844, "days_push": 26, "days_rel": 26, "gap_med": 6.5, "n_releases_24m": 41}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2810, forks 319 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:23.688317+00:00)

## What it is
A Unity plugin that adds advanced soft-masking components to Unity's uGUI system, enabling smooth-edged masks for UI elements. It provides SoftMask, SoftMaskable, and MaskingShape components with support for TextMeshPro, custom shaders, and Shader Graph.

## Use cases
- create soft-edged masks for Unity UI elements
- fade out scroll view content edges smoothly
- replace Unity's hard-edged Mask component with smooth masking
- apply soft masks to TextMeshPro text
- use soft masking with custom UI shaders
- shape UI elements with custom masking shapes

## When to choose
- you need smooth, feathered mask edges in Unity uGUI
- Unity's built-in Mask or RectMask2D produces harsh edges
- you want soft masking compatible with TextMeshPro and custom shaders

## When to avoid
- you are not using Unity or uGUI
- you only need simple rectangular clipping where RectMask2D suffices
- your project cannot use additional shader variants due to build size constraints

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, graphics
- domain: web-design, graphics
- platform: game-engine, cross-platform
- tags: unity, ugui, soft-mask, shader, ui-effects, game-development

## Member repositories
- mob-sakai/SoftMaskForUGUI (main) score 97

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:23.688317+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 2026-08-30T08:14:23.845362+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mob-sakai/SoftMaskForUGUI (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:23.688317+00:00, sha b6a24c1afe53)
  - homepage: https://github.com/mob-sakai/SoftMaskForUGUI (fetched 2026-08-29T09:54:10.573659+00:00, sha 4fbb6e1d285a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.