# crockpotveggies/tinderbox

Automate Tinder swiping and introductions with Eigenfaces and StanfordNLP. NOTE: support for this project has been sunset, and the original author has since directed efforts towards Bernie AI.

Repository: https://github.com/crockpotveggies/tinderbox
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tinderbox
Homepage: http://crockpotveggies.com/2015/02/09/automating-tinder-with-eigenfaces.html
Language: HTML
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-07-26T13:53:28+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4283, "days_push": 2595, "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 1937, forks 286 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:57.071572+00:00)

## What it is
Tinderbox is a self-hosted desktop web application that automates Tinder swiping and introductions using Eigenfaces for face-based attraction learning and StanfordNLP for conversation generation. It is built on the Play! framework and acts as a full Tinder client with a background bot.

## Use cases
- automate tinder swiping
- auto-message tinder matches
- learn dating preferences with machine learning
- use tinder from a desktop interface
- experiment with dating app bots

## When to choose
- you want a self-hosted Tinder automation experiment on macOS or Linux
- you want to study face-recognition-based preference learning with Eigenfaces

## When to avoid
- you need maintained, working software - the project is sunset and the Tinder API may have changed
- you need Windows support - it was never tested there
- you are uncomfortable with a bot that automatically messages all your contacts

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: machine-learning, nlp, chatbot, web-framework, http-client
- domain: artificial-intelligence, machine-learning, social-media
- platform: jvm
- tags: tinder, dating-apps, eigenfaces, stanford-nlp, play-framework, bot, sunset, automation, macos, linux, web-server

## Member repositories
- crockpotveggies/tinderbox (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:57.071572+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 2026-08-30T03:08:14.085496+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/crockpotveggies/tinderbox (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:57.071572+00:00, sha e5641d617f2f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.