# OpenWebGAL/WebGAL

A brand new web Visual Novel engine | 全新的网页端视觉小说引擎

Repository: https://github.com/OpenWebGAL/WebGAL
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/webgal
Homepage: https://openwebgal.com
Language: TypeScript
License: MPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: game, javascript, react, visual-novel-engine, visual-novel, diy-tool, typescript, galgame
Last push: 2026-08-08T07:18:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 93/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 84, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1812, "days_push": 25, "days_rel": 25, "gap_med": 32, "n_releases_24m": 18}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3935, forks 359 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:30.083685+00:00)

## What it is
WebGAL is an open-source web-based visual novel engine written in TypeScript and React, letting creators build galgames that run in any browser. It offers a simple script syntax learnable in minutes, a companion graphical editor, and extensibility via Pixi.js for custom effects.

## Use cases
- create a visual novel without programming
- make a browser-based galgame
- publish an interactive story game on Steam or the web
- build a visual novel with a drag-and-drop editor
- add Live2D characters and custom effects to a visual novel

## When to choose
- you want to author visual novels quickly with minimal coding
- you need games that run cross-platform in the browser
- you want an open-source, commercially usable engine (MPL-2.0)

## When to avoid
- you need native desktop/mobile packaging beyond web deployment
- you require engine features of mature VN engines like Ren'Py with large plugin ecosystems
- you are building non-visual-novel game genres

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: game-engine, gui, animation, templating
- domain: web-development, gaming-tools, cross-platform
- platform: cross-platform, browser
- tags: visual-novel-engine, galgame, webgal-script, pixijs, no-code-editor, game-development, web-server, typescript, javascript

## Member repositories
- OpenWebGAL/WebGAL (main) score 93

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:30.083685+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 2026-08-29T18:24:39.189616+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/OpenWebGAL/WebGAL (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:30.083685+00:00, sha 81d8540405eb)
  - homepage: https://openwebgal.com (fetched 2026-08-29T09:18:41.435067+00:00, sha c924b25697cb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.