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xorg62/tty-clock

Clock using lib ncurses observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/xorg62/tty-clock · C · BSD-3-Clause (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

32/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 6660
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 763
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1144 stars · 146 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

tty-clock is a terminal-based digital clock built with ncurses, written in C. It displays the current time in large ASCII digits with options for seconds, colors, 12/24-hour format, UTC, and a screensaver mode.

Use cases

  • show a big clock in my terminal
  • terminal screensaver that displays the time
  • display UTC time in the console
  • customize a terminal clock with colors and 12-hour format
  • run a clock on a specific tty

When to choose

  • you want a lightweight ncurses clock or screensaver in a terminal
  • you need a clock on a remote server or specific tty without a GUI

When to avoid

  • you need alarms, timers, or calendar features
  • you want a graphical desktop clock

Facets

cli-tool · maturity stable

cli terminal-ui date-time developer-tools bsd cli cross-platform ncurses clock screensaver terminal-clock command-line linux macos

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
xorg62/tty-clockmain32

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