# YawLighthouse/UMG-Slate-Compendium

A Compendium Information Guide for UMG and Slate in Unreal Engine.

Repository: https://github.com/YawLighthouse/UMG-Slate-Compendium
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/umg-slate-compendium
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-03-27T19:59:53+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 74, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1678, "days_push": 159, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1044, forks 92 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:21.330424+00:00)

## What it is
A comprehensive community-written documentation guide covering Unreal Engine's UMG and Slate UI frameworks. It explains widget types, performance considerations, and design patterns for building game interfaces.

## Use cases
- learn UMG widgets in Unreal Engine
- understand Slate UI framework
- optimize game UI performance
- choose between UMG and Slate
- learn widget animation performance costs
- Unreal Engine UI development guide

## When to choose
- you are building UI in Unreal Engine with UMG or Slate
- you need a deep reference on widget types and performance tradeoffs
- you want community-curated Unreal UI best practices

## When to avoid
- you need UI tooling for engines other than Unreal
- you want runnable code or a library rather than documentation
- you need official, versioned Epic Games documentation

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation
- domain: tutorials, developer-tools
- platform: game-engine
- tags: unreal-engine, umg, slate, ui-development, game-ui, compendium, game-development

## Member repositories
- YawLighthouse/UMG-Slate-Compendium (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:21.330424+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 2026-08-30T07:02:11.600692+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/YawLighthouse/UMG-Slate-Compendium (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:21.330424+00:00, sha a84d0a54ec4b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.