# edvin/tornadofx

Lightweight JavaFX Framework for Kotlin

Repository: https://github.com/edvin/tornadofx
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tornadofx
Language: Kotlin
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: kotlin, tornadofx, javafx, desktop, rcp, ui-kit
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-04-13T05:12:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3892, "days_push": 1238, "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 3632, forks 267 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:12.058859+00:00)

## What it is
TornadoFX is a lightweight JavaFX framework for Kotlin providing type-safe GUI and CSS builders, dependency injection, FXML support, and async task execution. The project is explicitly no longer maintained and is not compatible with Java 9+.

## Use cases
- build desktop apps in Kotlin with JavaFX
- type-safe UI builders instead of FXML XML
- Kotlin desktop app with dependency injection and MVC
- hot reload views and stylesheets during development
- build rich client UIs with type-safe CSS

## When to choose
- you are maintaining a legacy JavaFX/Kotlin app already using TornadoFX
- you are pinned to Java 8 and want concise Kotlin UI code

## When to avoid
- starting a new desktop project - the project is unmaintained and incompatible with Java 9+
- you need modern JavaFX or recent JDK support
- you want long-term community support

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, state-management, templating, http-client
- domain: desktop-applications, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: jvm, cross-platform
- tags: javafx, kotlin, gui, mvvm, fxml, desktop-ui, unmaintained, dependency-injection, desktop

## Member repositories
- edvin/tornadofx (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:12.058859+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 2026-08-29T18:31:52.502936+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/edvin/tornadofx (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:12.058859+00:00, sha b9b6bbf25745)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.