# avatsaev/touchbar_nyancat

Stupid nyancat animation on your +$2k MacBook Pro's Touchbar

Repository: https://github.com/avatsaev/touchbar_nyancat
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/touchbar_nyancat
Language: Swift
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-05-27T21:38:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3588, "days_push": 828, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2986, forks 152 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:34.102380+00:00)

## What it is
A small macOS app that displays an animated Nyan Cat on the MacBook Pro Touch Bar. It is a novelty toy rather than a productivity tool.

## Use cases
- show a nyancat animation on the macbook touch bar
- fun touch bar app for macbook pro
- customize touch bar with a silly animation
- novelty app to amuse coworkers on a macbook

## When to choose
- you have a MacBook Pro with a Touch Bar and want a fun novelty animation
- you want a lightweight, free touch bar toy

## When to avoid
- you need a productive or customizable Touch Bar utility
- your Mac has no Touch Bar
- you need a signed, sandboxed app for managed environments

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: animation, gui
- domain: entertainment, desktop-applications, apple-ecosystem
- platform: -
- tags: touchbar, nyancat, novelty, swift, fun, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- avatsaev/touchbar_nyancat (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:34.102380+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 2026-08-30T07:31:25.612883+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/avatsaev/touchbar_nyancat (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:34.102380+00:00, sha ddf973166a7a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.