# taylorconor/tinytetris

80x23 terminal tetris!

Repository: https://github.com/taylorconor/tinytetris
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tinytetris
Language: C++
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-07-09T06:30:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2713, "days_push": 785, "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 3292, forks 651 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:53.985272+00:00)

## What it is
A tiny Tetris game that runs in an 80x23 character terminal window, written in a single minified C++ file using ncurses. A commented version of the source is also provided for readability.

## Use cases
- play tetris in the terminal
- find a minimal C++ game example
- learn how to build a terminal game with ncurses
- kill a few minutes from the command line
- study minified C++ source code

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight terminal game with no dependencies beyond ncurses
- you want a small, readable codebase to learn C++ game/terminal programming from

## When to avoid
- you want a graphical Tetris with sound, themes, or online leaderboards
- you need a Windows-native build without a POSIX/ncurses environment

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: game, terminal-ui
- domain: gaming-tools, cross-platform
- platform: cli, cpp
- tags: tetris, ncurses, minimalist, single-file, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- taylorconor/tinytetris (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:53.985272+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 2026-08-30T08:12:49.971209+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/taylorconor/tinytetris (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:53.985272+00:00, sha f590a8ed2ef7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.