# xorg62/tty-clock

Clock using lib ncurses

Repository: https://github.com/xorg62/tty-clock
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tty-clock
Language: C
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-07-31T11:18:25+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": 6660, "days_push": 763, "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 1144, forks 146 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:45.233079+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: cli, terminal-ui, date-time
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: bsd, cli, cross-platform
- tags: ncurses, clock, screensaver, terminal-clock, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- xorg62/tty-clock (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:45.233079+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 2026-08-30T06:34:46.463497+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/xorg62/tty-clock (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:45.233079+00:00, sha ce7a4b30389a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.