# joshwcomeau/waveforms

An interactive, explorable explanation about the peculiar magic of sound waves.

Repository: https://github.com/joshwcomeau/waveforms
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/waveforms
Homepage: https://waveforms.surge.sh
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: react, reactjs, canvas, svg, animation, lesson, tutorial, styled-components
Last push: 2018-02-21T12:53:41+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": 3209, "days_push": 3115, "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 1481, forks 58 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:50.916992+00:00)

## What it is
An interactive, explorable web tutorial explaining the physics of sound waves, waveform graphs, and their relation to music and harmony. Built as a purely front-end React application using SVG/Canvas rendering and styled-components.

## Use cases
- learn how sound waves work interactively
- understand waveform graphs and harmony
- study an example of interactive scrollytelling built with React
- see how to animate waveforms with SVG and Canvas
- find a beginner-friendly introduction to audio physics

## When to choose
- you want an accessible, no-prerequisites explanation of sound waves
- you are looking for a reference implementation of interactive React visualizations with spring physics

## When to avoid
- you need a production audio-processing library or DSP tool
- you expect active maintenance or external contributions, since it is a personal side-project no longer the source of truth

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: animation, data-visualization, audio-processing
- domain: education, tutorials, web-development
- platform: browser
- tags: interactive-explanation, sound-waves, react, svg, canvas, styled-components, scrollytelling, audio, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- joshwcomeau/waveforms (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:50.916992+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 2026-08-30T04:34:11.325387+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/joshwcomeau/waveforms (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:50.916992+00:00, sha d7c05c6366d8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.