# Viv: An Engine for Emergent Narrative (monorepo)

*Source* · `src-sifty-2026-viv-repository` · status: **n/a**

| field | value |
|---|---|
| kind | Code repository / dataset |
| authors | James Ryan |
| venue | GitHub (siftystudio/viv) |
| date | 2026 |
| url | https://github.com/siftystudio/viv |
| accessed | 2026-10-28 |

## Notes

Read at commit 469cc46e6370f8021ca0e5f9b1cc67c05b61bc76, including the docs/ source for the introduction, tour, history, and full language reference. Open beta, components in 0.x, more than 1,000 tests in CI; a single JavaScript runtime ships and a C# runtime for Unity is planned; compiler on PyPI, runtime on npm; history page traces Viv from the Hennepin engine of the 2018 thesis through Esper at Hexagram to the 2025-2026 public rewrite.

## Backlinks (computed)

**cited by:** [Story sifting with causal bookkeeping](../technique/story-sifting.md)

## Citation

James Ryan (2026). *Viv: An Engine for Emergent Narrative (monorepo)*. GitHub (siftystudio/viv) https://github.com/siftystudio/viv

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Provenance: created in run `2026-10-28-story-sifting`.