# fossasia/x-mario-center

Linux Games Distribution

Repository: https://github.com/fossasia/x-mario-center
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/x-mario-center
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Archived: true
Last push: 2016-08-08T17:55:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3677, "days_push": 3677, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1492, forks 5 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:52.614935+00:00)

## What it is
A Linux games distribution built around a software-center style application for browsing, searching, and installing software packages. It provides a GUI app store with package search, categories, ratings and reviews, and package installation via aptdaemon.

## Use cases
- browse and install games on linux
- linux app store with search and categories
- manage software installation from a gui
- search packages by name mime or section
- build a custom linux games distribution

## When to choose
- you want a gui software center tailored to games on linux
- you need an apt-based package installer with search and reviews
- you want to fork or study a python/qt software-center implementation

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained, up-to-date app store - the last release was 2016
- you are not on a debian/apt-based linux system
- you need modern python 3 support - the codebase targets python 2

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: gui, search-engine, package-manager, developer-tools
- domain: gaming-tools, operating-systems, self-hosted, developer-tools
- platform: python
- tags: software-center, app-store, games-distribution, apt, xapian, pyqt, linux-gaming, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- fossasia/x-mario-center (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:52.614935+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 2026-08-30T04:33:29.810608+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/fossasia/x-mario-center (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:52.614935+00:00, sha 4c1e189c959f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.