# wayou/t-rex-runner

the t-rex runner game extracted from chromium

Repository: https://github.com/wayou/t-rex-runner
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/t-rex-runner
Homepage: https://chromedino.com
Language: JavaScript
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: google, chrome, easter-egg, javascript, t-rex-runner
Last push: 2024-07-28T08:43:00+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": 4295, "days_push": 766, "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 2176, forks 1286 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:22.196949+00:00)

## What it is
A standalone extraction of the Chrome offline 'no internet' T-Rex runner game from the Chromium source code, written in JavaScript. It can be played in any browser and forked or reskinned for custom variants.

## Use cases
- play the chrome dino game outside of chrome
- embed the t-rex runner game on my own website
- customize the chrome dinosaur game with my own character
- study the source code of the chrome offline game
- build a bot that plays the dino runner automatically

## When to choose
- you want the original Chrome dino game as a standalone web page
- you want a simple JavaScript canvas game codebase to fork or reskin
- you want to host the dino runner yourself

## When to avoid
- you need a full-featured game engine or modern game framework
- you want a native mobile or desktop game build
- you need multiplayer or backend-backed features

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: game, graphics
- domain: gaming-tools, web-development, entertainment
- platform: browser
- tags: chrome-dino, easter-egg, endless-runner, canvas-game, browser-game, web-server, javascript

## Member repositories
- wayou/t-rex-runner (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:22.196949+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 2026-08-30T02:48:53.763362+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/wayou/t-rex-runner (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:22.196949+00:00, sha e288dd99c159)
  - homepage: https://chromedino.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:29:11.723909+00:00, sha 6d7dde064d0f)
  - site_page: https://chromedino.com/about.php (fetched 2026-08-29T10:29:11.726467+00:00, sha 400c3899d71d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.